Select one topic from the following list of three constitutional issues. The topic you select should also be used as the topic for your Week Two and Three written assignments:

1. Religious freedom
2. Free speech
3. Privacy rights

The thesis of the paper will be a statement identifying how the concepts of federalism, civil liberties, and civil rights are implicated in and affected by this topic.

The paper must include five main sections:

• Introductory paragraph that provides a brief background regarding the topic and introduces the main thesis.
  In-depth discussion of the implications for federalism related to the topic.
• Explain how and why federalism has a positive and negative impact on the selected topic.
• Provide one real-world positive example.
• Provide one real-world negative example.
• Utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to support your explanation.
• In-depth discussion of the implications for civil rights related to the topic.
• Explain how and why civil rights are positively and negatively affected by the selected topic.
• Provide one real-world positive example.
• Provide one real-world negative example.
• Utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to support your explanation.
• In-depth discussion of the implications for civil liberties related to the topic.
• Explain how and why civil liberties are positively and negatively affected by the selected topic.
• Provide one real-world positive example.
• Provide one real-world negative example.
• Utilize the Constitution, established case law, and scholarly sources to support your explanation.
• Concluding paragraph that summarizes the main findings and restates the thesis.