Write a paper on the House of Cards & American Political Foundations (Episodes 1-4)Watch “House of Cards: Season 1,” episodes 1-4. Identify a specific moment, plot point, or dialogue in one of these three episodes where a main character portrays, discusses, or alludes to the adoption of the Constitution, federalism, civil liberties, OR civil rights.

That is, how does this particular scene directly or indirectly, positively or negatively, reflect one of these concepts from American political foundations? The purpose is to get you thinking about these abstract ideas in the more concrete, though fictional, Washington portrayed in “House of Cards.”

There are no right or wrong answers; there are good and bad interpretations, though. Think critically and analytically to interpret the film as you see fit based on the textbook on these topics.