Option 1: How does the bureaucracy affect your life, and thus, your freedom as an ordinary citizen? In what ways does it hinder or help your life? Do you see the bureaucracy as an effective aspect of your life or do you see issues with the bureaucracy as it stands? Why/why not? List one issue you would change concerning the bureaucracy and how you would remedy the issue. Option 2: Identify a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and discuss the nature of the case and the basis of the argument the Supreme Court used to reach the decision. Explain why you agree or disagree with the ruling? The Bureaucracy: What is its function? Retrieved from https://courses.lumenlearning.com/americangovernment/chapter/bureaucracy-and-the-evolution-of-public-administration/ (Links to an external site.) McCarthy, J. (2020). Approval of the Supreme Court Is Highest Since 2009. Retrieved from https://news.gallup.com/poll/316817/approval-supreme-court-highest-2009.aspx