English

Approved research topics for ENG 122 spring 2015 Dr. Zimmerman

1. How should the U. S. respond to the influx of children from Central America?

2. Should states have the right to require more stringent voter I.D.?

3. Should Congress raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for social programs?

4. Should states have the right to make abortion clinics meet standards designed to close them?

5. Should the government allow hydraulic fracking?

6. Should the government support the Keystone pipeline?

7. Edward Snowden—hero or traitor?

8. Do we need a Constitutional amendment to prevent partisan gerrymandering?

9. How should today’s students best prepare for the world of 20 years from now?

10. Which current proposals for immigration reform make the most (and least) sense?

11. Does the U.S. have the right to attack countries that have not attacked us?

12. Should taxes pay the cost of community college tuition?

13. Should states have the right to require intra-vaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortion?

14. Should the U.S. have a universal minimum wage of $15.00 per hour?

15. Did President Obama go far enough to limit the NSA’s metadata gathering from citizens?

16. Should the federal government make gay marriage legal everywhere in America?

17. Should the law treat corporations as persons, as it did in Citizens United?

18. Should the U.S. require mandatory background checks for all firearms sales or transfers?

19. Should news sources suffer penalties for repeating stories definitely proven false?

20. Should Special Prosecutors rather than local DAs preside over grand juries in cases of controversial police behavior?

21. Have people become too sensitive about political correctness?

22. Why has the United States not declared war since WW II? Should it have?

23. Should the President use Executive Orders if Congress fails to act on important issues?

24. Did the Supreme Court decide...