Subject: New Paper Topic
From: Amanda Shelton <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:20:17 -0400

Prof. Podesta and Judge Leon,

I write to you today to see if it would be acceptable for me to change my
paper topic. I had originally planned on surveying wartime investigations
(Civil War, WWI, WWII, Iraq and Afghanistan). However, after additional
research and a good deal of thought, I believe I have found a topic much
better suited to my academic interests.

New Topic: I would like to examine why Congress should investigate the
anti-homosexuality law that was recently passed in Uganda, and the United
States government's engagement with Uganda on this issue and decision on
whether or not to withdraw foreign aid from the country as a result. I
would also analyze this through the lens of how one would go about
initiating and conducting this proposed investigation using our class
materials and *Congressional Investigations: Politics and
Process*(Hamilton, Muse & Amer).

I have long been interested in this human rights issue, as I wrote a paper
about it as an undergraduate after it was first proposed as a bill. (I
would not be using any text or information collected for that paper.) I am
in the International Women's Human Rights Clinic this semester, and my team
is focusing on girls' and women's rights in education in Uganda. I do not
foresee my proposed paper topic overlapping in any way with any work done
in the Clinic, as the issues are quite distinct, but I did want to flag
this. I would, of course, also mention this to the Clinic before proceeding.

Many thanks,

Amanda

-- 
S. Amanda Shelton
J.D. Candidate, 2014
Georgetown University Law Center
[email-masked]
(417) 396-3622