1. In what ways is the court system better suited to protect the individual, than are the elected branches of government (such as Congress and the President; or the Mayor of NYC and the NYC City Assembly)? Give an example to illustrate your argument.

The court system is better suited to protect the individual because the law is passed to protect individuals. The case of Brown v. Board showed that even if the public doesn’t like the decision, it wouldn’t affect the decision of the court system.

2.Think about how federal judges get to become judges – unlike Presidents, Mayors and members of Congress (and other legislatures), they are not elected, but rather appointed. Many Americans have thus called the federal courts system, and especially the Supreme Court, anti-democratic PLACES IN OUR GOVERNMENT. Do you agree that the Supreme Court, for example, is an anti-democratic part of our government? What could be the reason for this way of choosing judges in federal courts? (HINT: think about our discussion of “Federalist #10”, and which social class plays a leading role in our government system.)

I think it’s somewhat anti-democratic, but America isn’t specifically a democratic country, since the capital class won’t want that to affect their benefit. And in another hand, the judge might be biased, if they have to be elected to be the judge.