Assignment 2: How a Law Becomes a Law Due Week 4 and worth 100…

Assignment 2: How a Law Becomes a Law Due Week 4 and worth 100….

Assignment 2: How a Law Becomes a Law

Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

 

According to the Library of Congress, approximately 40,000 state and federal laws are ratified annually. For this reason, it is important to have an understanding of the manner in which a law is enacted. Imagine that your supervising attorney has approached you to research this topic.

 

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Identify the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Determine whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Provide a rationale for your response.
2. Examine the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Provide two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.
3. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the publication and codification of statutory law, and the publication of case laws and judicial opinions.
• Research information using primary and secondary sources.
• Develop effective research strategies, and conduct effective and efficient research using conventional sources, the Internet, and computer-assisted legal research.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in legal research and writing.
• Write clearly and  concisely about legal research and writing using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 100	Assignment 2: How a Law Becomes a Law
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Identify the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Determine whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 40%	Did not submit or incompletely identified the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Did not submit or incompletely determined whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.	Insufficiently identified the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Insufficiently determined whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.	Partially identified the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Partially determined whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Partially provided a rationale for your response.	Satisfactorily identified the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Satisfactorily determined whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.	Thoroughly identified the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Thoroughly determined whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
2. Examine the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Provide two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions. Weight: 35%	Did not submit or incompletely examined the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Did not submit or incompletely provided two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.	Insufficiently examined the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Insufficiently provided two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.	Partially examined the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Partially provided two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.	Satisfactorily examined the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Satisfactorily provided two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.	Thoroughly examined the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Thoroughly provided two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.
3. 2 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
4. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting Weight: 5%	Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Numerous errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.	Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
5. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference Weight: 5%	Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.	In-text citations and references are given, but not in APA format.	In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.	Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.	In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.
6. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources Weight: 5%	Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.	Sources are rarely integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.	Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.	Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.	Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
7. Clarity and Coherence of Writing Weight: 5%	Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.	Information is somewhat confusing with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.	Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.	Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.	Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.