Blog #15

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/21/young-voters-would-be-key-in-a-hillary-clinton-presidential-race-but-can-she-win-them-over/

This article discusses Hillary Clinton's need to attract young voters in her 2016 presidential campaign. Young voters are a key demographic Mrs. Clinton would need to win the presidential race. In the 2008 campaign, young voters favored Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton, which helped him to clinch his spot as the Democrat nominee. However, this election may favor Mrs. Clinton because polls show that young people favor her over other potential Democrat candidates.

This article relates to Ap Gov. because it deals with the upcoming presidential race of 2016. This election could be very significant because if Hillary Clinton wins, it will be the first time the country has had a female president, which would be a huge step forward for feminism. 

I agree with this article. Young people are increasingly becoming a more significant part of the electorate, and candidates are beginning to realize they will need to appeal to young people in order to win the election. 

Blog #14

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/10/politics/sexual-assault-senate/index.html?c=politics&page=2

This article states that there has recently been legislature unanimously passed by the Senate that invalidates the "good soldier" defense in cases of sexual assault. This means that someone accused of sexual assault can no longer be defended by good service in the military or a character recommendation. This article also mentions that other sexual assault related legislature failed to pass. The failed legislature proposed taking away a commander's privilege to decided whether or not a soldier under them should be prosecuted and would give this privelege to a military judge instead.

This relates to AP Gov because it discusses new legislature that's been passed by Congress. It's really significant that the first law I mentioned was unanimously passed in the Senate. It seems like Congress has become incredibly partisan over the past few years, so it's nice to see that they can all agree on an issue.

I'm really excited to see this new legislation being passed. I think it's unfair to the victims of the sexual assault that the "good soldier" defense was an actual, valid defense. I'm sure the victims were good soldiers too, but they couldn't use that fact to prevent being assaulted, could they? I'm glad to see that steps are being taken to address the alarming number of sexual assault incidents in the military.