M7     According to the Natural Rights Argument, rights can be neither created nor destroyed by any human institution. Indeed the US Constitution expressly avoids using language that suggests rights are created or given by government.  Why, then, do so many Americans seem to believe rights are given to citizens either by the Constitution or […]

m6     Critics of recently passed Voter ID laws in various states argue that these measures are designed to limit citizen access to the ballot.  However, proponents of these laws argue that such measures prevent fraudulent voting. Furthermore, except in General Elections during Leap Year, in which voters indirectly determine the outcome of presidential contests, […]

M5 :To what extent is it necessary for a partisan to remain responsible to his or her national party platform?  Choose one of the following partisans and, using their own public statements, evaluate their adherence to the principles expressed in his party platform:        Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the US House of Representatives) and the […]

In defining intersectionality, Kimberl Crenshaw observes that the compound identity of Black women is used against them, such that their Blackness diminishes their status as women, and their woman-ness diminishes their status as Black people; this intersection of race and sex thus has the effect of erasing their identity as Black women. However, intersectionality in […]