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The web pages and sites linked below provide different perspectives on the topics for this unit's essay. Use them to better understand the issues surrounding your chosen essay topic, and to consider possible changes that you might support. Don't forget to read and understand the entire Essay Assignment before getting started on the topic of your choice.
1) Should any citizen - natural-born or naturalized - who meets the other requirements be allowed to become president?
- Page 317 of the textbook
- Should the Constitution be Amended for Arnold?
- Should Naturalized Citizens be President?
- No Americans Should be Second Class Citizens
2) Should the 22nd Amendment should be repealed, allowing Presidents to serve more than 2 terms if they can?
- Page 321 of the textbook
- Repeal the 22nd Amendment?
- Lawmakers Aim to Repeal 22nd Amendment
- Should Presidents be Allowed to Serve More than 2 Terms?
3) Should the Electoral College be abolished, or radically overhauled?
- Pages 340-347 of the textbook
- National Archives and Records Administration (the group that runs the Electoral College)
- CNN's coverage of the 2004 Electoral College results
- Electoral College Background
- Alternative introduced by Congressmen (2004)
- Why Keep the Electoral College?
- A Dinosaur Worth Saving
- Democrats Vow to Fight Electoral College Change
4) Should the current series of state primaries and caucuses the major parties use to choose their presidential candidate be changed?
- Page 334 of the textbook
- Primary Calendar Poses Big Challenges
- Primary Season Getting Earlier
- State by State Map of 2008 Primaries and Caucuses