Description
1.What should be the role of citizens in creating public policy?
Position:Public policy should be created by officials who are most informed about the issues involved.
2.When the President makes a nomination, what should be the nature of the Senate’s “advice and consent?”
Position:It is the Senate’s duty to make an independent judgment of a nominee’s suitability for a position serving the American people, even if that means denying the President his choice.
3.How should power be divided between the federal government and the states?
Position:The Federal government should retain the most power because it is best positioned to insure fair treatment, safety and equal protection for all Americans.
4.Once Congress declares war and the President assumes the role of Commander-in-Chief who decides how the war ends?
Position:Congress, the policy making branch which represents the people, should determine peace terms.
