American Government I

Supreme Court Ruling Analysis

The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices who are responsible for deciding whether or not laws are in line with the U.S. Constitution. These individuals serve life-long appointments once they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. Below is a list of some of the most controversial decisions in the last few decades by the Supreme Court. These cases are often mentioned by politicians during campaigns because the issues are still debated, even after the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Write an essay analyzing one of the following key Supreme Court rulings:

• National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2011/11-393?page=3
• District of Columbia v. Heller: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2007/2007_07_290
• Roe v. Wade (abortion rights): http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_18
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2008/2008_08_205
• Obergefell v. Hodges: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556
  

Your essay must be at least 500 words long.

Answer these questions to complete your analysis of your selected Supreme Court ruling.

• Tell the reader which of the five key Supreme Court ruling you selected to analyze.
• What was the law being challenged in the case?
• Tell me any of the states or government entities that were part of the case.
• Who was the Petitioner in the Case?
• What was the Petitioner’s argument?
• Who was Respondent?
• What was the Respondent’s argument?
• What part or parts of the Constitution were discussed in the case?
• Why were those parts of the Constitution discussed in the case?
• What was the final Supreme Court ruling by
• • What was the final score of the case was (for example 5 to 4 or 7 to 2 or some other combo that, in most cases, adds up to 9)
  • What was the date that the case was decided?
  • Which side won, was it the petitioner or the respondent?
  • What did it mean that this particular side won?
• This is the most important part of the assignment: how does this case currently impact your life and the lives of Americans? Explore the political and electoral consequences of the ruling. Don’t just say, for example in the case of Roe v. Wade, women can now have abortions because only a small percent of the population is of childbearing potential – how did the case impact everyone else more generally? Think about how even this current or most recent presidential election was impacted by the ruling you have analyzed.
• Provide a reference list.

Please note: APA formatting and citations rules apply to this and all essays in this course.

As with all weekly written assignments, submit your work as an attached file. Double-space your paper and use 12 point Times New Roman as your font.

As industrial/organizational (I/O) practitioners, we address organizational problems. Companies often assess employee performance or track it to some extent, but such activities are not always part of a strong performance management plan. Without such a plan, managers are frequently unprepared to manage employee performance. As such, it is our responsibility to educate and subsequently put into practice quality standards and procedures to address organizational issues.

BANKS Industries is satisfied with your work and has asked you to assist it in an expanded project. The company is looking at methods of tracking employee performance. For this assignment, you will present the idea of a performance management system to BANKS Industries and begin to make recommendations for future practices. Review the scenario and directions below regarding what you will include in your letter and presentation.

Scenario:

For the course project, you will take on the role of a consultant to evaluate this organization’s performance management system and make recommendations that will help the organization better manage employee performance. You recently received an e-mail from Mabel Banks, chief financial officer, outlining her concerns and requesting your assistance.

Click here to read the e-mail from Mabel Banks.

Directions:

Part A: Develop a letter for the organizational leaders. In 1–2 pages:

• Explain the importance of managing employee performance.
• On the basis of a review of company information, describe how your consulting services will assist the company in addressing its organizational problems.
• On the basis of research and theory, mention current organizational practices of performance management as well as apparent issues.

Write using a formal tone in consideration of your audience, the organizational leaders. The letter should follow formal business format standards. Business letter templates are available from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates. To cite the scholarly sources you use to present research and theory, use parenthetical citations in the body of the letter and then include your list of references on a page following the letter.

Part B: Presentation

You have been selected to assist the organization with its performance concerns. Create and narrate (using an audio component, such as a voiceover or a recording) a presentation to organizational stakeholders, addressing the following points in 10–15 minutes:

• Explain the link between organizational goals and strategic planning and the potential impact a performance management system may have on employee performance and attitude.
• Determine the organizational advantages of implementing a performance management system and the potential disadvantages to not implementing a performance management system for BANKS Industries.
• Compare and contrast the company’s current critical incident technique with the use of a graphic rating scale.
• Recommend guidelines for providing feedback to employees during the performance management process.

Your final product will be a 10- to 15-minute presentation (using Microsoft PowerPoint Show, Prezi, PowToon, or other presentation software and including audio). Utilize at least four scholarly sources in your research (including a 1- to 2-page letter in Microsoft Word). Your presentation should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources in APA format; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Technical Requirements:

• Presentation Software
• Microphone

Helpful Recommended Presentation Tutorial Resources:

• Office. (2010). Record and add narration and timings to a slide show. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint help/record-and-add-narration-and-timings-to-a-slide-show-HA010338313.aspx
• Office. (2013). Record and add narration and timings to a slide show. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint help/record-and-add-narration-and-timings-to-a-slide-show-HA102749693.aspx
• PowToon. (2013). Tutorials page. Retrieved from http://www.powtoon.com/tutorials/
• Prezi. (2013). Learn & support: Get started with Prezi. Retrieved from https://prezi.com/support/

You have learned that phase changes are isothermal processes, yet a certain amount of heat is absorbed or gained by a substance as it undergoes phase changes. Using Thermodynamic data provided in appendix L and the following data:

MP: -97.8°C

BP: 64.7°C

C(l) 2.53 J/g•K

C(g) 1.38 J/g•K

-ΔfusH°: 2.196 kJ/mol

a. Calculate the enthalpy changes as methanol’s temperature is raised from -100°C to 80°C.

b. With your calculated sketch an accurate heating curve for methanol.

c. Calculate the ΔS°sys, along your heating curve and sketch an accurate entropy vs. temperature curve.

d. Calculate the ΔSuniv, and ΔG° for the conversion of 2.00 L of liquid methanol to gaseous methanol.

e. What do your calculated values for ΔSuniv and ΔG° tell you about the spontaneity of this process.

f. Using the equation of your choice, determine and illustrate under what conditions the condensation of methanol is spontaneous.

g. If the ΔvapH° and ΔfusH° are exothermic, why are these processes isothermal and spontaneous under certain conditions; where is the heat going?

The company you work for has decided to make a major purchase. This purchase can be software, technology, equipment, training, or anything else needed for the company’s day-to-day operations.

Your supervisor has assigned you the task of creating a research proposal for the company to help guide them in this purchase.

Create the introduction, body, and closing for your research proposal that you began in Unit VI. Include research from the sources you located in the last unit to help you build an effective proposal. Organize the body of your proposal clearly so that readers can locate the essential information easily, including at least one visual. Use the sample proposal that begins on page 309 in your textbook as a guide for this assignment. EH 3341, Technical Writing 5

Research proposal should be a minimum of eight pages, including the work that you submitted in the previous unit.

1 Visual

4 Sources

8 Pages