Lancaster Region

Do you ever wonder why issues you care about never get any action in legislatures? Gerrymandering is a major contributing factor to dysfunction in both our state legislature and Congress. Procedural rules that govern the two houses of our PA General Assembly are also a major factor in determining if legislation with broad bi-partisan and public support is either enacted or dies without any action. Join Jean Handley for a look at the history, evolution, effects of gerrymandering and possible solutions in Pennsylvania. In addition, discover how procedural rules in our General Assembly negatively impact collaborative policy making and enactment of legislation beneficial to Pennsylvania citizens.

The course will present the stories and the backgrounds of 6 persons who assassinated U.S. presidents and two other political figures (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy).