Does the current state of the United States political system, including the roles and relationships among the major institutions of government, correspond with the original intent of the Framers of the Constitution? Write an 8-10 page paper answering the following: Does the current state of the United States political system, including the roles and relationships among the major institutions of government, correspond with the original intent of the Framers of the Constitution? Why or why not? Is this a good or bad thing in your opinion? Rules for writing the paper 1) The paper must have a thesis statement – a “why” or “how” question(s) which your paper will answer. The paper must have an introduction, which tells the reader what you are going to discuss (the thesis usually comes at the end of the introduction), a body, which contains the information that advances your thesis, and a conclusion, which summarizes what the reader has learned. 2) Each paper must be at least eight full pages and no longer than ten full pages. You must include a “works cited” page, which does not count as part of the 8-10 pages. You must use at least eight sources (you may use more). Three of these sources must be from class readings (each individual chapter of the O’Connor textbook will count as a separate source for our purposes). Two sources must be scholarly sources – cited, peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals or similar books. The remaining sources are left to your discretion, but it is important that they be legitimate, verifiable sources (in other words, not something you found on a random Reddit thread). For these, newspapers, magazines, most journalism, biographies, and scholarly or government web sites are among your options. 3) The paper must follow the citing rules listed in the APSA Style Manual FORGET TEXTBOOK 8 GOOD ARTICLES
