In the Final Research Paper, you will utilize your critical thinking skills to analyze and assess a current events topic which has constitutional and political implications. Choose from the list below or employ a topic approved by the instructor. The thesis of the paper will be a statement recognizing how the concepts of federalism, civil liberties and civil rights are implicated in and influenced by this topic.

Choose one topic from the given list of constitutional issues:

a) Religious freedom

b) Regulation of commerce

c) Free speech

d) Privacy rights

e) Equal protection under law

The paper should be eight to ten pages in length and formatted according to the APA style. You should use at least six scholarly resources.