In a 2011 case, the U.S. The Supreme Court ruled that the members of a church in Kansas called Westboro Baptist have the right to protest at military and other types of funerals with their message of divine judgment in America. The church teaches that America is corrupt for allowing homosexuality in the country and therefore God is judging the U.S. by inflicting death (particularly soldiers’ deaths) and certain diseases on America. 

In 2005, the church group picketed the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder (a 20 year old killed in Iraq) with signs such as “Thank God for dead soldiers”.  Matthew’s father brought a lawsuit against the church.  Earlier that year (March 2011), the Court ruled 8-1 that the church had the right to protest at military funerals as part of the guaranteed right to free speech.   Justice Samuel Alito was the only dissenter, arguing that Albert Snyder, the father, was not a public figure and the actions of the church were not protected under the free speech rights of the Constitution since this was a private funeral.  And yet, the church lawyer argued that they were there to get a message about America to America’s people and leaders that this country is under God’s judgment.  They won their case.  For News item on the case, click on the little arrow next to the word “link”: LINK

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Offer some of your reflections on the case: Is the court’s majority ruling on the Westboro Baptist Church case a moral ruling, a legal ruling, or both and what’s the difference?  (The Court ruled that members have every right to protest at funerals such as that of the soldier Matthew Snyder.)  Do you agree with the Court?  Why or why not?

Email Harassment

Suppose you are an internal investigator for a large software development company. The Human Resources Department has requested you investigate the accusations that one employee has been harassing another over both the corporate Exchange email system and Internet-based Yahoo! email.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you: 

1. Create an outline of the steps you would take in examining the email accusations that have been identified.
2. Describe the information that can be discovered in email headers and determine how this information could potentially be used as evidence in the investigation. 
3. Analyze differences between forensic analysis on the corporate Exchange system and the Internet-based Yahoo! System. Use this analysis to determine the challenges that exist for an investigator when analyzing email sent from an Internet-based email system outside of the corporate network.
4. Select one (1) software-based forensic tool for email analysis that you would utilize in this investigation. Describe its use, features, and how it would assist in this scenario.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: 

• Describe and analyze practices in obtaining digital evidence.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop procedural techniques in crime and incident scenes.
• Describe processes in recovering graphic, mobile and email files.
• Use technology and information resources to research advanced issues in computer forensics.
• Write clearly and concisely about topics related to computer forensics planning using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

 Best Practices for Obtaining Evidence from an ISP
Learning Objectives and Outcomes

• Identify best practices for obtaining evidence for a digital forensic investigation from an Internet service provider (ISP).

Assignment Requirements
You are a digital forensics intern at Azorian Computer Forensics, a privately owned forensics investigations and data recovery firm in the Denver, Colorado area. Azorian has been asked to assist in an investigation of a possible cybercrime involving theft of intellectual property. The information will need to be obtained from an Internet service provider (ISP) while complying with any applicable laws and regulations. Your manager wants to update staff on details about best practices for working with ISPs and obtaining electronic evidence.Your manager has asked you to find a resource on the web that contains information useful to this investigation and write a report about the resource.For this assignment:

1. Research the Internet for information on working with an ISP to legally obtains electronic evidence in a digital forensic investigation.
2. Write a report that describes best practices for obtaining electronic evidence from an ISP.

Required Resources

• Course textbook
• Internet access

Submission RequirementsFormat:Microsoft WordFont:Arial, size 12, double-spaceCitation Style:Follow your school’s preferred style guideLength:1-2 pages
Self-Assessment Checklist

• I selected researched the Internet for information on working with an ISP to legally obtain electronic evidence in a digital forensic investigation.
• I wrote a report that describes best practices for obtaining electronic evidence from an ISP.
• I followed the submission guidelines.

Write a weekly reflective summary discussing the importance of what you have learned from this week’s readings or searches on the Internet. In addition, discuss how this knowledge will be useful to you in this week’s debate arguments or the final project as well as a practicing public administrator.

Select at least three topics from this week’s readings and discuss how they can be applied to your final project. In addition, research for appropriate resources that will be required to complete this week’s final project and provide quantifiable proof of their validity and usefulness in completing the final project.

In your reflective summary, include the following details as well:

• List some Web sites and other sources that you found useful in obtaining information on the United States and state judicial system. Who are some of the key players in your local area that you might interact with in some manner in the future as a public administrator?
• Have any recent or past Supreme Court decisions made a significant impact on your local area or the issue you are addressing in the final project?
• Identify your local Congressmen from both the House of Representatives and the Senate and find out what committees they serve. What are some of the areas that these committees work on? How influential are your members of Congress on these committees? Have any of them passed or introduced recent bills that affect your final project issue?

The information you incorporate in your weekly summary may include material as it relates to the three domains of learning: cognitive, affective, and conative.

Cognitive learning relates to the action or process of knowing. In other words, what did you learn about public administration this week that you did not already know? Note the relationship between what you have learned in the previous week and this week. Are there any themes emerging in addition to the politics-administration dichotomy?

Affective learning relates to how you felt about your learning. In other words, what were your feelings about this week’s content and workload? Has this changed from last week and how?

Conative learning relates to volition, will, level of effort, intention, and approaches to problem solving. In other words, what did you do with regard to enhancing your learning this week? Is there anything from this week or the previous week that you should add to this week’s final project activity?

Submission Area:

• Complete your reflective summary in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document.

Creating an Alphabet Book 

RATIONALE: Alphabet Books represent an interesting blend of educational content and often elaborate illustration, typical of picture books. However, each often has at least two underlying goals: 

 to educate and 

 to entertain children (young and old) 

But, how do authors do that? What makes a great Alphabet Book? That’s what you will have to grapple with as you create your own Alphabet Book. Remember to keep the content, illustrations, and audience in mind. Have a great time. 

GOAL: To Create an original Alphabet Book 

Project: Children’s Picture Book (Counting or Alphabet) 

Requirements: 

1. Create a children’s picture book, either a counting or an alphabet book 

2. Let your imagination go!!!! 

3. Build the book around a distinctive theme 

Theme 

 endangered species 

4. Use an appropriate method to create the book 

a. You are not expected to produce a book that looks like it was professionally printed. 

b. It should be a PowerPoint presentation with one letter (or number) per slide. 

5. The book must be completed by the due date. 

6. Along with the book, you must present the answers to the following: 

i. An introduction that describes your choice of topic (what you chose and why) 

ii. An explanation of the choices you made in illustrating the book 

1. What were you trying to accomplish with the illustrations. 

2. How the process of creating the illustrations worked out for you (easy, difficult, etc.) 

7. Submit the Power Point presentation for me to grade. 

You may have to scan graphics into your book or use the free graphics available on the web. If you take graphics from a “non-free” site, please include a caption citing the source. 

Some places to start: 

 https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/alphabet 

 Mrs. Alphabet 

 https://teachingmama.org/how-to-make-an-alphabet-book/ 

 Consider how you want the web page to work. Do you want one long text? Separate pages that link to each other? Plan a functional page.