Your Assignment

You have learned how to create a strong, defensible thesis. For your assignment, you will create a thesis, a list of supportive points for it, and a defense. Debate around the role of the president has intensified due in part to the shift from limited to more expansive power. Prepare and defend a response to the following prompt based on a news event from within the last month.

Modern debate on the role of the president reflects varied perspectives and uses current events to argue for a more limited to a more expansive use of executive power. Articulate a defensible claim or thesis on whether presidents are justified in their use of formal and informal powers to meet the needs of the role of the office.

Steps:

Select a news event from within the last month that relates to the prompt.
Write a one-paragraph summary of the news article.
In a second paragraph, write a thesis that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning. Reference your news event and a related provision of the Constitution or Federalist No. 70 as evidence.
Make a list of at least three points of support, with evidence, that support your thesis.
In a third paragraph, identify and describe an alternative viewpoint to your thesis. Reference your news event and a related part of the Constitution that supports this alternative perspective and then explain why, despite the evidence, you still choose to support your thesis.
Submit your three paragraphs (including list of supportive points) and a link to your news article to your instructor.