1) Read the following sources from the National Constitution Center’s website, https://constitutioncenter.org/
–The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xiv
— “Common Interpretation of the Citizenship Clause” of the Fourteen Amendment, https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-xiv/clauses/700
–“Matters of Debate” by John C. Harrison and Akhil Read Amar, https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-xiv/clauses/700#citizenship-and-the-rights-of-citizens-by-john-harrison
Write 50-100 word answers to the following questions:
1. What are the key points of disagreements between Harrison and Amar in their interpretation (legal interpreting is a rational activity that gives meaning to a legal text) of the citizenship clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment? List at least two.
2. Which legal interpretation do you think is more appropriate and applicable today? Explain your answer.
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On the subject of “Organizational Theory and the Role of Government’s Structure,” your textbook author, Donald F. Kettl, maintains that “if organizations work badly, they can feed the lasting sense of all things ‘bureaucratic.’ If they work well, they make it possible to accomplish the complex tasks that society wishes to pursue.”
As regards local, state, and federal government (i.e., elected politicians, CDC, NIH, The White House, etc.), roles and structures, do you think government has succeeded in adequately dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic? Explain.
