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<br>Ninth Homework (optional - skip to the Tenth Homework at this point)

<br>Ninth Homework (optional - skip to the Tenth Homework at this point)

Read the chapter on “Interest Groups,” pp. 159-63 in the textbook.  Then complete and self-grade the multiple choice questions.

Read the chapter on “Interest Groups,” pp.&nbsp;159–63 in the textbook.  Then complete and self-grade the multiple choice questions.

Then read the first two pages of “Civil Liberties,” pp. 169-70 in the textbook.

Then read the first two pages of “Civil Liberties,” pp.&nbsp;169–70 in the textbook.

Questions 1-9 are worth 3 points each.

Questions 1-9 are worth 3 points each.

5. [[President Bush]] signed a federal law banning partial birth abortions.  What clause in the Constitution would you cite as justifying this exercise of federal power?

5. [[President Bush]] signed a federal law banning partial birth abortions.  What clause in the Constitution would you cite as justifying this exercise of federal power?

Questions 6 and 7 are based are based on this excerpt from the Economist, “The King of K Street,” p. 34 (Nov. 8, 2003).  “K Street” is the location of the offices of the lobbyists who try to influence the federal government.  (Note the British spelling of “favor”.)

Questions 6 and 7 are based are based on this excerpt from the Economist, “The King of K Street,” p.&nbsp;34 (Nov. 8, 2003).  “K Street” is the location of the offices of the lobbyists who try to influence the federal government.  (Note the British spelling of “favor”.)

In an article in the Washington Monthly this summer, Nicholas Confessore argued that the Republican Party is in the process of absorbing K Street into its political machine in much the same way as Franklin Roosevelt and his heirs once used government to the Democrats’ advantage. In its glory days, the Democratic Party used its grip on the machinery of government to dole out largesse to loyal constituencies (the poor, the old and, eventually, racial minorities) and also to provide jobs for its own foot soldiers. Now the Republican Party is using its sway over both K Street and the wider business community to build a private-sector equivalent of Roosevelt’s machine. It hands out government contracts to businesses that favour its causes. It provides its most loyal foot soldiers, from congressional aides to congressmen, with a pot of gold on K Street when they retire. ...

In an article in the Washington Monthly this summer, Nicholas Confessore argued that the Republican Party is in the process of absorbing K Street into its political machine in much the same way as Franklin Roosevelt and his heirs once used government to the Democrats’ advantage. In its glory days, the Democratic Party used its grip on the machinery of government to dole out largesse to loyal constituencies (the poor, the old and, eventually, racial minorities) and also to provide jobs for its own foot soldiers. Now the Republican Party is using its sway over both K Street and the wider business community to build a private-sector equivalent of Roosevelt’s machine. It hands out government contracts to businesses that favour its causes. It provides its most loyal foot soldiers, from congressional aides to congressmen, with a pot of gold on K Street when they retire. ...