Political Issues. (American)
Let's list and categorize them all.


I'll get started:

(Obviously, this list needs some work.)


---------------------------
Abortion
...Stem cells
Agricultural policy and land reform
Animal rights and animal testing
...PETA
Capital punishment
Copyright
...DMCA
...Copyright term extension
Crime
Disarmament and nonproliferation
Domestic violence
Drug policy
...Drug policy reform
...Drug abuse
...Marijuana
......Medical marijuana
Environment
...Climate change policy
...Global warming
Elections
...Electoral reform
...Direct democracy
Foreign policy
...Cuba
...China
...Hamas
...Genocide denial
...Israeli-Palestinian conflict
...Tibet
Free trade
Homosexuality
...Gay rights
...LGBT rights
...Same-sex marriage
...Homosexual agenda
...Federal Marriage Amendment
Gun politics
...Gun rights
...Gun control
Hate crimes
Health care policy
...Health care policy reform
...Universal health care
...Health Insurance
Holocaust
Human Rights
Immigration
...Illegal Immigration
...Immigration policy and reform
Internet
...Internet censorship
...Internet taxation
Language policy
[untitled category]
...Liberalism
...Multiculturalism
...Patriotism
...Political correctness
...Culture war in American politics
Gender
...Feminism
...Masculism
Morality and ethics
NATO
...NATO expansion
Nuclear testing
Political corruption
Political parties
...Democratic
...Republican
...Libertarian
Partisan politics
...Anarchism
...Anarcho-capitalism
...Capitalism
...Fascism
...Socialism
Privacy
...Wiretapping
Poverty
Education
...Education policy reform
...Public Education
...Private Education
...School violence
Race relations
...Affirmative action
...Racial quota
Science and technology policy
Separation of church and state
September 11, 2001 attacks
...Osama bin Laden
Sexual harassment
Space policy
Tax reform
Terrorism
...Counter-terrorism
...War on Terrorism
...Terrorist groups
...Freedom fighters
Torture
Trade
United Nations
USA PATRIOT Act
...Wiretapping
Welfare reform
-------------------------------




If an issue isn't listed, add it to the list.

If an issue has "child" or "parent" issues (sub or super), add them to the list using "..." indentation.

If a new category can be made, add it, and categorize the issues accordingly.
...Or, just suggest the category, and let someone else re-categorize.

Obviously, many issues will be listed under more than one category. (This is a work in progress.)

4/1/2010 9:25:55 AM

Environment
...Pollution (Light, Chemical, Noise)
...Urban Sprawl
...Habitat Loss
...Mountain Top Removal/Clearcutting
...Corporate Greenwashing

4/1/2010 9:52:20 AM

Military

lots of things could go in there.

also you have space but no aerospace policy

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 10:48 AM. Reason : .]

4/1/2010 10:47:50 AM

Economics?

-patent system reform
-corporate personhood
-wealth disparity
-property rights (intellectual, digital, eminent domain, animals)
-digital infrastructure: public vs private

I probably couldn't list them all if I had a whole afternoon to think about it.

4/1/2010 11:18:45 AM

Environment
...Endangered/Threatened Species
...Invasive, Non-native flora and fauna

4/1/2010 11:23:39 AM

Some thoughts on Military

Military
...War on Terror
......Future Guantanamo
...War in Iraq
......Drawdown in Iraq
...War in Afghanistan
......Future of Afghanistan Mission
...Piracy
...Military Training Operations
......Plan Colombia
...Overseas bases
......Future of Korea Bases
.........Relocation of Yongsan
.........Relocation to Pyeongtaek
......Future of Okinawa Bases
...Future missions/roles & force structure
......"Conventional" vs. COIN
......Hybrid Warfare & Transnational Threats
......Cyberwarfare
......Space
...Military procurement
......Development program overruns and performance
......Procurement Reform
......Maintaining military industrial base
......Military-industrial-congressional complex
...Private military contractors/Private security contractors
...Active duty personnel issues
......Future of medical benefits
......Military family issues
...Veterans issues
......Future of veterans health care
......Post-conflict medical issues

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 1:23 PM. Reason : More clearly lay out development programs]

4/1/2010 1:19:28 PM

Northeast Asia-related Issues

...China
......Trade imbalance
......Currency reform
......Taiwan
......Tibet
......Human rights
......Challenge to US hegemony
.........Military modernization
.........Economic challenges overseas
...Japan
......Future of US-Japan Alliance
...South Korea
......Future of US-ROK Alliance
......KORUS FTA
...North Korea
......Nuclear Weapons issue
......Human rights
......Post-NK Collapse scenarios
...Emerging East Asian Community
......East Asia (ASEAN+3, EAC) vs. Asia-Pacific (APEC)
......Future role of the United States in an EAC

4/1/2010 1:31:42 PM

This list is going to be epic.

Quote :

"I probably couldn't list them all if I had a whole afternoon to think about it."

Exactly. It's kind of overwhelming.
It'll take a while, and perhaps a few total redesigns, but I figure that as a group effort, we can eventually do it.
(Recommendations are welcome.)


---------------------------
Abortion
...Stem cells
Agricultural policy and land reform
Animal rights and animal testing
...PETA
Capital punishment
Crime
Domestic violence
Drug policy
...Drug policy reform
...Drug abuse
...Marijuana
......Medical marijuana
Economics
...Corporate personhood
...Wealth disparity
...Property rights
......Intellectual Property
.........Patent system reform
.........Copyright
............DMCA
............Copyright term extension
......Eminent domain
......Animal property
...Internet Economics
......Digital infrastructure: public vs private
Environment
...Climate change policy
...Global warming
...Pollution
......Light
......Chemical
......Noise
...Urban Sprawl
...Habitat Loss
...Mountain Top Removal/Clearcutting
...Corporate Greenwashing
...Endangered/Threatened Species
...Invasive, Non-native flora and fauna
Elections
...Electoral reform
...Direct democracy
International
...United Nations
...Foreign policy
......Cuba
......China
......Hamas
......Genocide denial
......Israeli-Palestinian conflict
......Tibet
Free trade
Homosexuality
...Gay rights
...LGBT rights
...Same-sex marriage
...Homosexual agenda
...Federal Marriage Amendment
Gun politics
...Gun rights
...Gun control
Hate crimes
Health care policy
...Health care policy reform
...Universal health care
...Health Insurance
Holocaust
Human Rights
Immigration
...Illegal Immigration
...Immigration policy and reform
Internet
...Internet censorship
...Internet taxation
Language policy
[untitled category]
...Liberalism
...Multiculturalism
...Patriotism
...Political correctness
...Culture war in American politics
...Morality and ethics
Gender
...Feminism
...Masculism
Military
...War on Terror
......Future Guantanamo
...War in Iraq
......Drawdown in Iraq
...War in Afghanistan
......Future of Afghanistan Mission
...Piracy
...Military Training Operations
......Plan Colombia
...Overseas bases
......Future of Korea Bases
.........Relocation of Yongsan
.........Relocation to Pyeongtaek
......Future of Okinawa Bases
...Future missions/roles & force structure
......"Conventional" vs. COIN
......Hybrid Warfare & Transnational Threats
......Cyberwarfare
......Space
...Military procurement
......Development program overruns and performance
......Procurement Reform
......Maintaining military industrial base
......Military-industrial-congressional complex
...Private military contractors/Private security contractors
...Active duty personnel issues
......Future of medical benefits
......Military family issues
...Veterans issues
......Future of veterans health care
......Post-conflict medical issues
...Women in the Military
...Gays in the Military
...Torture
...Nuclear Warfare
......Disarmament
......Nonproliferation
......Nuclear testing
...Terrorism
......Counter-terrorism
......Terrorist groups
......Freedom fighters
NATO
...NATO expansion
Political corruption
Political parties
...Democratic
...Republican
...Libertarian
Partisan politics
...Anarchism
...Anarcho-capitalism
...Capitalism
...Fascism
...Socialism
Privacy
...Wiretapping
Poverty
Education
...Education policy reform
...Public Education
...Private Education
...School violence
Race relations
...Affirmative action
...Racial quota
Science and technology policy
...Space policy
...Aerospace policy
Separation of church and state
September 11, 2001 attacks
...Osama bin Laden
Sexual harassment
Tax reform
Trade
USA PATRIOT Act
...Wiretapping
Welfare reform
-------------------------------

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 1:37 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2010 1:35:42 PM

This thread is actually sort of interesting. I wish it luck.

4/1/2010 1:58:55 PM

National Security
--Presidential Powers
--Congress's Powers
--Domestic Effect of International Law
--Unilateral Self Defense and Rescue, Collective Self Defense, Preemption.
--Fourth Amendment and Security. Congressional authorization for surveillance.
--Habeas Corpus Suspension and Military Detention.
--Terrorism and Interrogation.
--Terrorism and criminalization of material support.
--Trial by Military Commission
--The Domestic Role of Armed Forces
--Access to National Security Information in Civil Litigation.
--Airport Security and Civil Rights
--CyberSecurity
--Environmental Changes and National Security

I'm sure there are more--this is just what I can think off the top of my head that we've discussed in my national security law class. I'm writing my paper on airport security and its constitutionality.

Environment
--NEPA
--Constitutional Limits on exercising law.
--CAA/CWA/ESA/RCRA/CERCLA etc.
--Carbon Trading

Maybe have a broad topic of "Constitution"
--Bill of Rights (each of the amendments here).
--Constitutional Interpretation
--SCOTUS.

International Law
--Treaties, Customary Law.
--International Organizations and Membership
--International Law in the US
--International Dispute Resolution.
--Foreign Sovereign Immunity and the Act of State Doctrine
--Allocation of Legal authority among states.
--Protection of Aliens within a foreign state/International Human Rights.
--Law of the Sea
--Environmental Law
--Use of Force and Arms Control
--International Criminal Law

Alright, I've got to stop or I could list things all day.


A lot of the categories will overlap, but


Good topic!

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 2:22 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2010 2:06:03 PM

Proposed change for:

Quote :

"[untitled category] ...Liberalism ...Multiculturalism ...Patriotism ...Political correctness ...Culture war in American politics ...Morality and ethics "

Remove Category: Partisan politics

Add:

Political, Economic and Social Philosophy
...Anarchism
...Capitalism
...Conservatism
...Fascism
...Liberalism
...Libertarianism
...Progressivism
...Multiculturalism
...Neoconservatism
...Patriotism
...Political correctness
...Racism
...Socialism

This would basically be the dumping ground for labels.



Religion:
...Agnosticism
...Anti-theism
...Atheism
...Buddhism
...Christianity
......(someone else can tackle this)
...Hinduism
Judaism
...Kabbalah
...Hasidic
...Orthodox
...Reform
Islam
...Sufism
...Sunni
...Shia
Mormonism
...FLDS
...LDS


[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 2:32 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2010 2:31:47 PM

Quote :

"Let's list and categorize them all."

Are increased drilling & increased nuclear power economics issues or an environmental issues?

Where does Don't Ask Don't Tell go? Gay rights? Military? Economics/Proper use of public funds?

Is it better to repeat some issues in multiple sections so that certain sections don't have obvious gaps, or is it better to keep them shorter without repeats even if it leaves holes in the categorization?

4/1/2010 2:35:46 PM

^^Under your Christian Label:
Catholicism
---Roman Catholic Church
---Eastern Orthodox Church
---Oriental Orthodox Church
---Assyrian Church of the East
--- Anglican Churches
---Other churches self-identified as Catholic
-----Independent
-----Orthodox
------Byzantine
------Oriental
------Western-Rite
-----Assyrian
Anglicanism
Protestantism
---Pre-Lutheran Protestants
---Lutheranism
---Anglican Churches
---Reformed Churches
---Presbyterianism
---Congregationalist Churches
---Anabaptists
---Brethren
---Methodists
---Pietists and Holiness Churches
--- Baptists
--- Apostolic Churches - Irvingites
--- Pentecostalism
--- Charismatics
--- African Initiated Churches
--- United and uniting churches
--- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
--- Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
--- Southcottites
--- Millerites and comparable groups
--- British-Israelism
--- Miscellaneous/Other
Messianic Judaism

*Totally stole this from wikipedia. Apparently there are thousands of Christian denominations.

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 2:44 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2010 2:42:27 PM

^^
Repeats are necessary.


^
Are all of those political issues though?

4/1/2010 2:45:14 PM

I'm not sure I would say wide-spread political issues... but if you take any of the individual denominations (like you listed for other religions) there would be some sort of political issue. I mean, I think religion/Christianity as a whole is a political issue, and maybe labels underneath that wouldn't need to be any more specific than Catholicism/Protestantism? Even some types of protestant churches would count as political (Baptist, Pentacostal Holiness, etc), or arguably more political in America (which is the topic) than Buddhism or Hinduism or Bahai? I didn't want to leave one out just because *I* wasn't aware of a political issue.

Feel free to pare it down though!


And somewhere on the list (I'm not sure where) needs to have Housing and Public Housing (Hope VI, Section 8, Discrimination etc).

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 2:53 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2010 2:48:36 PM

If you go to CNN's politics section right now you can certainly find stories like "Should Church force pope out" for the church's covering up sex abuse scandals? And Burro's made a thread in our politics section on a christian militia. And Romney vs Huckabee discussions often involve a discussion of whether Mormonism counts as a "real" type of Christianity as much as Southern Baptist does. Part of the reason Texas is removing Thomas Jefferson from history text books is because he was too liberal in advocating for a separation of church and state. Nuns came into the health care debate on the side of the reform that was passed. So I think Gzusfrk is on the right track in counting religion as a part of politics.

4/1/2010 3:06:22 PM

Should definitely keep the list to actual present-day issues, instead of just listing political entities/topics.

4/1/2010 3:18:25 PM

Are we talking political issues nationally, statewide, local, or all of the above? Should Wake County School Board incompetence make the list or Chapel Hill's fight over whether downtown should be taller or instead they should spread wider and cut more into the rural buffer, or fights over which counties or neighborhoods should be near landfills, and the like make the list? Some issues seem to cross categories, like public transit with buses locally, or statewide (NC DOT does roads across the state here where as in GA you'd see municipalities paying for them so you get some areas with really good roads and some with really bad instead of a more even spread) or school funding (NC does it largely at the state level where as Texas depends more on municipalities so you get some really rich schools and some dreadfully poor ones).

4/1/2010 3:40:35 PM

Why is "Holocaust" up there? That could go in an Israel category.

4/1/2010 4:39:16 PM

^
I just copied some issues from wikipedia, and didn't move all of them appropriately.

^^
Gee, maybe just national issues. Perhaps state issues, but only if they're general and apply to all states....?

^^^^,^^^^^
Right, but each individual denomination isn't a political issue... We can just list the actual issues.

---------------------------------
Abortion
...Stem cells
Agricultural policy and land reform
Animal rights and animal testing
...PETA
Capital punishment
Constitution
...Bill of Rights
......1st
......2nd
......3rd
......4th
......5th
......6th
......7th
......8th
......9th
......10th
...Constitutional Interpretation
...SCOTUS
Crime
Domestic violence
Drug policy
...Drug policy reform
...Drug abuse
...Marijuana
......Medical marijuana
Economics
...Corporate personhood
...Wealth disparity
...Property rights
......Intellectual Property
.........Patent system reform
.........Copyright
............DMCA
............Copyright term extension
......Eminent domain
......Animal property
...Internet Economics
......Digital infrastructure: public vs private
...Increased drilling
...Increased nuclear power
Education
...Education policy reform
...Public Education
...Private Education
...School violence
Environment
...Climate change policy
...Global warming
...Pollution
......Light
......Chemical
......Noise
...Urban Sprawl
...Habitat Loss
...Mountain Top Removal/Clearcutting
...Corporate Greenwashing
...Endangered/Threatened Species
...Invasive, Non-native flora and fauna
...NEPA
...Constitutional Limits on exercising law.
...CAA/CWA/ESA/RCRA/CERCLA etc.
...Carbon Trading
...Increased drilling
...Increased nuclear power
Elections
...Electoral reform
...Direct democracy
Free trade
Gender Politics
...Feminism
...Masculism
Gun politics
...Gun rights
...Gun control
Homosexuality
...Gay rights
...LGBT rights
...Same-sex marriage
...Homosexual agenda
...Federal Marriage Amendment
...Don't Ask Don't Tell
Housing and Public Housing
Hate crimes
Health care policy
...Health care policy reform
...Universal health care
...Health Insurance
Human Rights
International
...United Nations
...Foreign policy
......Cuba
......China
......Hamas
......Genocide denial
......Israel
.........Holocaust
.........Israeli-Palestinian conflict
......Tibet
...Treaties, Customary Law
...International Organizations and Membership
...International Law in the US
...International Dispute Resolution
...Foreign Sovereign Immunity and the Act of State Doctrine
...Allocation of Legal authority among states
...Protection of Aliens within a foreign state/International Human Rights
...Law of the Sea
...Environmental Law
...Use of Force and Arms Control
...International Criminal Law
Immigration
...Illegal Immigration
...Immigration policy and reform
Internet
...Internet censorship
...Internet taxation
Language policy
[untitled category?]
...Political correctness
...Culture war in American politics
...Morality and ethics
Military
...War on Terror
......Future Guantanamo
...War in Iraq
......Drawdown in Iraq
...War in Afghanistan
......Future of Afghanistan Mission
...Piracy
...Military Training Operations
......Plan Colombia
...Overseas bases
......Future of Korea Bases
.........Relocation of Yongsan
.........Relocation to Pyeongtaek
......Future of Okinawa Bases
...Future missions/roles & force structure
......"Conventional" vs. COIN
......Hybrid Warfare & Transnational Threats
......Cyberwarfare
......Space
...Military procurement
......Development program overruns and performance
......Procurement Reform
......Maintaining military industrial base
......Military-industrial-congressional complex
...Private military contractors/Private security contractors
...Active duty personnel issues
......Future of medical benefits
......Military family issues
...Veterans issues
......Future of veterans health care
......Post-conflict medical issues
...Women in the Military
...Gays in the Military
......Don't Ask Don't Tell
...Torture
...Nuclear Warfare
......Disarmament
......Nonproliferation
......Nuclear testing
...Terrorism
......Counter-terrorism
......Terrorist groups
......Freedom fighters
National Security
...Presidential Powers
...Congress's Powers
...Domestic Effect of International Law
...Unilateral Self Defense and Rescue, Collective Self Defense, Preemption
...Fourth Amendment and Security. Congressional authorization for surveillance
...Habeas Corpus Suspension and Military Detention
...Terrorism and Interrogation
...Terrorism and criminalization of material support
...Trial by Military Commission
...The Domestic Role of Armed Forces
...Access to National Security Information in Civil Litigation
...Airport Security and Civil Rights
...CyberSecurity
...Environmental Changes and National Security
NATO
...NATO expansion
Political corruption
Political parties
...Democratic
...Republican
...Libertarian
Political, Economic and Social Philosophy
...Anarchism
...Anarcho-capitalism
...Capitalism
...Conservatism
...Fascism
...Liberalism
...Libertarianism
...Progressivism
...Multiculturalism
...Neoconservatism
...Patriotism
...Political correctness
...Racism
...Socialism
Privacy
...Wiretapping
Poverty
Religion
...Separation of church and state
......School textbooks
...Religous Legitimacy
......Mormonism
......Scientology
...Agnosticism
...Anti-theism
...Atheism
...Buddhism
...Christianity
......Child sex abuse
......Christian Militas
...Hinduism
...Judaism
...Islam
...Mormonism
......Polygamy
Race relations
...Affirmative action
...Racial quota
Science and technology policy
...Space policy
...Aerospace policy
September 11, 2001 attacks
...Osama bin Laden
Sexual harassment
Tax reform
Trade
USA PATRIOT Act
...Wiretapping
Welfare reform
-----------------------------------

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 5:43 PM. Reason : ]

4/1/2010 5:35:54 PM

As a subsection of women in the military, I think Nerdchick was saying something in the soapbox the other day about them being in the process of removing the ban on women serving in submarines.

Perhaps under economics, there has been a lot of discussion of a Consumer Finance Protection Agency lately.

Under election reform perhaps a section on campaign financing with things like the proposal for stand by your ad, and shareholder approval would be appropriate given the recent SCOTUS ruling. Also efforts for Public Financing of Campaigns/Voter Owned Elections would be appropriate.

Comprehensive sex ed might be another topic worth adding. The democrats in this state have moved us closer in that direction less than a year ago, but abstinence only vs comprehensive sex is a hot topic in many states.

As long as you list animals up there you might add puppy mill legislation, and tethering/chaining related legislation.

[Edited on April 1, 2010 at 6:12 PM. Reason : .]

4/1/2010 5:53:43 PM

http://rebeccacohenart.tumblr.com/post/63109584167

10/21/2013 1:01:40 AM

"feminist" is a meaningless term at this point. There are too many mutually exclusives ideologies that call themselves feminism that you can't say anything about feminism without committing the one true Scotsman (like that comic illustrates).

10/21/2013 8:52:53 AM

campaign finance

data privacy

jurisprudence and legal philosophy. i guess that's partly covered under "constitution". not sure why "bill of rights" and each amendment are enumerated, but nothing else is.

entitlement reform




PETA probably doesn't need to be singled out, either.

10/21/2013 9:43:22 AM

lewisje comics

10/21/2013 9:45:16 AM

Every issue is political if you refuse to mind your own business.

10/21/2013 3:06:34 PM

^^^ what do you mean "enumerated?" If it's what I think you mean, it's because a number of states would not ratify the constitution without adding the bill of rights. So although they are technically amendments, they are in essence as much a part of the constitution as the separation of powers.

10/21/2013 3:11:57 PM

I mean exactly what I wrote: To count off or name one by one; list:

I understand, as you mentioned, why the first 10 Amendments are set apart as a group in historical context. As political issues, not so much (although there tends to be somewhat less controversy surrounding the rest, because so many they are, to a greater extent, written to address specific issues, not to establish broader principles.)

Still, there's a lot more to the Constitution than the Bill of Rights; there are plenty of things that are "issues" that live in the general articles, for example.

[Edited on October 21, 2013 at 4:04 PM. Reason : ^^ holy shit that's a good way to simply boil it down.]

10/21/2013 4:04:13 PM

I'm not sure I get the point of this thread.

10/29/2013 1:29:43 AM

I'm sure I don't get the point of this thread.

11/6/2013 10:43:52 PM