According to Martin Luther King Jr., the difference between just and unjust laws is that an unjust law is when the majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself. a just law is when the majority makes the minority follow its lead.
From my point of view this is an important distinction due to the fact that people are usually influenced by something that the majority is supporting, which means give importance to “just laws”. It makes a difference in the way people live their lives due to the environment that they may be in. For example, New York City is a liberal dominated city meaning that a lot of decisions will be based upon liberal acts and beliefs.
An example of an unjust law were the Jim Crow laws. It promoted segregation and was not beneficial to humanity but rather detrimental as it caused a lot of hostility. On the other hand, an example of a just law is the “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” that prevents discrimination.
In the event of the Walmart case, the supreme court decided that about 1.5 million women were not able or capable to be accepted to serve as a right class plaintiffs. Specifically, to be plaintiffs for a lawsuit for work bias against Walmart. The reason why they went through with this decision is because they justified it by claiming there is no commonality within the group of women in the lawsuit.
Overall, the court system is better suited to protect individuals than any of the elected branches of the government. This is true because to begin with human rights are highly protected within court rooms and are in effect. Also, disputes are not influenced by public opinion. For example, if a person were to be inside a court room in the event of a case being discussed, they can practice the right to remain silent under the fifth amendment and they would not be punished for it.
Although it may be widely viewed that the supreme court may be anti-democratic for allowing the different individuals such as judges, presidents, mayors and other members of the government pertaining to a branch, I completely disagree on this matter. I believe that people within the realm of having this responsibility are not to be chosen by the public but rather by those who are in the same field and have related knowledge. The main reason why judges are chosen in federal courts is due to the fact that they are in office for life. As a result, it is only right that they go through a strict process of being confirmed by the united states senate as deemed by the U.S. constitution.
The new type of war is the war on terror as stated by P. Williams. What’s new about is that it isn’t a full on textbook style war, but rather a war predicated on the search of terrorists who are responsible for the attacks on 9/11.
The “Roving Wiretaps” of the patriot act violates the bill of rights by violating the 4th amendment which states that no one or nothing should be searched without a warrant. The “Roving Wiretaps” act allows for particular targets to be under surveillance through cell phone numbers or cameras.
“Sneak and peek” warrants are slightly different by making a more sneaky approach to a case. In this instance, officers who are in search of something appear unannounced to a suspects home or a specific area in order to prevent any precautions suspects might take.
The establishment clause is simply the restriction of having any type of religious establishment being sponsored by the state by prohibiting any type of law in relation to it. In relation to this, the lemon test also practices no correlation with religion, thus having a secular legislative purpose.
The burning of the flag is protected by the first amendment because the supreme court decided that in the court case “Texas V Johnson”, that the burning of the flag is a form of symbolic speech.
When someone says that they are “taking the fifth” or “plead the fifth”, they are simply saying that they have the right to remain silent.
Citizens within federal, confederate and unitary government systems have differences with each other when it comes to their roles. In a federal government, citizens have the responsibility of registering and voting for elections as opposed to a unitary government where citizens have little to no say for their country. Additionally within a confederation citizens play no role.
A division of power is simply a form of organization within a government structure. Unitary, federal and confederate systems are all organized in a way where the people, the states and the national government all are divided into different positions of power depending on what type of system one may be in.
Federal governments shape the actions of state and local governments is through money. Specifically, actions are determined through the distributions of financial aid, grants and through the control of law. For example, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government allowed for “stimulus packages” which granted people up to $1,400 dollars in payment. Also, they were different laws in place due to COVID-19 such as being required to get a vaccine in order to access different areas that you may want to enter.
Faction reminds of the concept of the social class hierarchy. The upper, middle and lower class can all be considered as different factions altogether.
According to Federalist #10, the source of wealth is is the distribution of private property itself. Additionally, the factor that determined who got to possess wealth was mainly inheritance and being born into a rich family who were mostly if not only white families. Those who remained poor were of a different race that was not white.
I agree with this explanation of wealth and poverty because it is accurate with the way society holds up today.
The core mission or “first object” of the US government is “As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.” “The Diversity in the faculties of men”. “The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.” as stated by James Madison. This does not surprise me as our society today is the direct offspring of these statements. Today the US government is built upon the foundation of republican principles, those which honor freedom of speech for everyone, not just rich and white males.
I am not surprised that federalist g #10 is not in favor of democracy given the circumstances of the time that is being lived in. The author James Madison dislikes the democratic form of government because he is wealthy and a member of the upper class. Therefore a democratic form of government would not benefit his capitalistic form of endeavors.
The social class that was allowed to write the constitution but also participate in voting events were the upper class people, specifically, capitalist white males who owned property. On the contrary the class that happened to be excluded from these privileges were the working classes who consisted of folk who were “Native Americans (“Indians”), persons of African descent, women, indentured servants, and White males lacking sufficient property.”(Democracy for the Few, pg. 5). If someone was not a man, white and wealthy, they were not allowed to have a significant word within the making of the constitution.
The early social class structure of the united states is different than what is in modern day society. This is due to the fact that in our present day no matter what type social you are in, wether it be in the working class or upper class, we have a role in what goes on within the political atmosphere. For example, in the early days of the u.s. if you weren’t rich and white, you were not allowed to vote, however in today’s society that is not the case.
The people who wrote the constitution were afraid of democracy because they saw the working class were people who spent very little money, never payed debts and were in support of paper money. Because of these particular reasons they believed the working class were not allowed to have a word in society through democracy.
The biggest impression that resonated with me based on wealth inequality in page 29, was that the top 1 percent own between 40 and 50 percent of the nation’s total wealth. This is goes to show how big the gap between the working class and the wealthy is. This is not to be ignored as it is a big reason why the wealthy are where they are today. The inheritance of this wealth when being born into a wealthy family serves as a big reason why the paradigm never seems to shift to the working class.
Living in a society where there are major wealth inequalities can lead to situations such as the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. In other words capitalists are always looking forward to having as much as surplus value as they can get. It does not matter to them if it is at the detriment of the working class, by keeping wages low and raising prices at a significant rate. Also, another implication may be that homelessness can rise significantly due to the working class not being able to keep up with the standard that capitalists set economically in order for them to achieve wealth.
M-C-M is defined as Money-Commodities-Money. It is a concept found by the marxist theory that serves as a formula that defines most of the landscape of capitalism. In simple terms money (m) is used to obtain commodities (c) such as labor power and basic materials in order to therefore be exchanged into more money (m). One example to support this would be if a capitalist were to have to have 100 bottles of water bought at $100, and then each sold for $2, he would now have $100 dollars in profit.
