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American Government VST Interactive OpenStax
Glen Krutz, Sylvie Waskiewicz
1. The Powers of the Court: Explain the part the judiciary plays in the checks and balances of government. Can the courts change a law and should judges make decisions that shape public policy?? How does this group of unelected officials affect the separation of powers? Support your answer with examples or arguments based on the Constitution. 
2. Civil Rights & the Court: How has the expansive view taken by the Supreme Court helped to curb state rights that might interfere with constitutional rights? Do you think that this makes the courts too powerful? Why or why not? What is an example of where the courts took an expansive view of our constitutional protections to overturn a state law or protect a persons individual rights? Do you agree with the courts decision? Why or why not?

3. Civil Rights & Civil Liberties: How are civil rights different from civil liberties? How might the United States be different today if the Fourteenth Amendment had not been ratified and added to the Constitution?