OPIC CHOICES:

The Patriot Act
Endangered Species Act
Clean Air Act
Americans with Disabilities Act
Freedom of Information Act
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

Your research paper should include an opening paragraph, outlining the scope and purpose of your paper. Please evaluate and explain the purpose of the legislation you chose for the case study. Why was the legislation passed? Look at what Congress has and is doing in regard to this legislation. How is the Executive Branch (ie, the bureaucracy) implementing it? Have there been any Supreme Court cases addressing this legislation? When researching, be sure to critically assess patterns and relations of power. Finally, how do interest groups and individuals participate in the legislative process (This is sometimes referred to as civic engagement)? Please provide specific examples and a conclusion summarizing your work.

Three sources are required. All may be online and your textbook may be one but Wikipedia, about.com, ehow.com, online encyclopedias, etc. are not allowed.