Total of 9 questions that need to be answered in 3 pages double spaced with ASA referencns and citations. I will provide the 3 questions below.
1. Advocacy groups, government officials, and the public have been debating possible legal change designed to address significant social problems: (A) Improving water quality and addressing drought conditions by capturing rainwater to increase safe drinking water supplies, reducing trash and toxins entering waterways and beaches through stricter government regulation, and increasing penalties for polluters; (B) Allowing California cities and other local jurisdictions to enact or expand residential rent control laws; and (C) Increasing funding sources for local government services, public schools, and community colleges by raising tax assessment of commercial and industrial property and increasing taxes on firearm sales and tobacco products. The California Senate called Dr. Communitarian (Dr. C) and Dr. Libertarian (Dr. L) to speak at a public hearing about the ways law designed to address social problems does—or does not—protect the individual and community—specifically regarding these three proposed ballot measures.
What would Dr. Libertarian’s and Dr. Communitarian’s perspectives on the three measures be, what would each say about the measures and ideas the other side favors, and what assumptions or evidence would they use to support their own view and proposals? Both speakers should address: (A) how each measure would or would not remedy the social problems they propose to remedy; (B) where the line should be drawn between what is appropriately “private” and “public” in a particular area of law; and (C) how individual rights and community interests should be respected in addressing positive and negative effects of “private” actions on the public or community.
Also discuss your own perspective on Dr. L’s and Dr. C’s arguments and the legal actions you think would be most effective to address increasing penalties for polluters to improve water quality and address water pollution and scarcity; residential rent control and housing; and taxing commercial and industrial property, firearm sales, and tobacco products to support local government services, public schools, and community colleges. What would be strengths and weaknesses of the legal actions you favor and what could address the weaknesses effectively? Cite and discuss specific course materials in your essay.
Question 2: What role does—and what role should—U.S. law play in relation to for-profit corporations in arenas, issues, and cases the course covers (e.g., regarding the legal profession, employment and labor law, free speech, equality and discrimination, privacy, security and military power, education and school facilities, file sharing and copyright laws, white-collar and street crime, property, torts and tort reform, prisons, interrogation and torture, monopoly and competition, civil procedure and due process, and contracts)? Does—and should—the law serve the private interest, the public interest, or both? Explain how and why the law works the way you believe it does in serving the private or the public interest (or both).
Question 3: Imagine that you are a public interest lawyer working for disadvantaged clients and the Committeeon the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives has commissioned you to draft a report on at least four legal reforms you recommend. What would be the aim of your proposals? How would they be carried out? Why would they be effective? Using course materials and your own ideas, what arguments and support or evidence would you use to respond to possible critics of your proposals?
