Weekly Discussion Questions

1. From the e-Activity below, specify the fundamental advantages and disadvantages of using marijuana to treat medical illness. Next, take a position on whether or not health care organizations should use marijuana to treat medical illness. Provide a rationale to support your response.

E-Activity

Use the Internet to locate and review an article which discusses the use of marijuana to treat medical illness.

1. Discuss three (3) ways in which terrorists obtain financial backing to support their terrorist activities. Next, suggest one (1) tactic that local law enforcement agencies could take in order to prevent terrorist financing overall. Provide rationale to support your response.

1. From the e-Activity below, describe at least three (3) factors that you believe permit the lower court to implement decisions at their discretion based on your reading of Chapter 14. Provide a rationale for your response.

   E-Activity

   Review the article titled, “Implementation and Impact of Judicial Policies” . Be prepared to discuss.

1. Propose at least two (2) available remedies that the general populace is able to utilize to promote court decisions that a judge from the lower court has yet to implement. Provide a rationale in your response.

2. Describe the fundamental reasons why the executive branch of the government may be unable or unwilling to implement court decisions. Discuss the impact that such inability or unwillingness has on the court’s decisions in general and the effect on the overall court system in particular.

3. Suggest possible remedies that may be available to the judges to overcome issues that may arise from implementing court decisions. Discuss two (2) overall strategies that a judge can utilize to implement decisions when verdicts are given by a jury. Provide a rationale for your response.