Third Assignment

Choose one:

1. See a day in the Ford presidency or choose a day in the George H.W. Bush presidency or Clinton presidency. Did the president use his time wisely on that day? If so, why? If not, what should he have done differently?
2.  Anthony Kennedy has just retired from the Supreme Court. Whom should President Obama nominate in his place? Explain, considering qualifications and confirmability. 
3. Identify a personnel change that you would make in the Obama administration. In other words, whom would you sack and whom would you hire in that person’s place? Explain how your proposed change would serve the president.
4. Identify a policy change that President Obama could implement without Congress. What would be the legal basis for such an action? Would it be wise policy and smart politics? Explain.
5. Write on a relevant question of your own choosing, subject to my approval.

• Essays should be typed (12 point), stapled, double-spaced, and no more than four pages long. I will not read past the fourth page.

• Put your name on a cover sheet. Do not identify yourself on the text pages.

• Cite your sources with endnotes.  The page limit does not apply to endnote

• Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you.

• Return essays to the Sakai dropbox by 5 PM on Friday, November 21.  (Yes, you have two extra days.) Essays will drop one gradepoint for one day's lateness and a full grade for two or more days' lateness. I will grant no extensions except for illness or emergency.