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.
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?
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/13-4-the-supreme-court
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/federal-courts-public
https://openstax.org/books/american-government-2e/pages/13-2-the-dual-court-system
3- What did the Supreme Court decision in the Wal-Mart case? And more importantly, how did it justify its decision?
https://nplusonemag.com/issue-14/politics/sex-class/
4- According to MLK, how can we tell the difference between just and unjust laws? Understanding these questions is the most important part of this module, and I will ask them again during our second exam.
5- In your view, is this an important distinction (between just and unjust laws), do you think it makes a difference in the way someone (as an individual, or our society as a whole) lives their lives? Can it affect our politics?
6- Based on our discussion of Question 1, give an example each, of an unjust and just law, in the US today. Explain what makes it unjust or just (using MLK’s definition of those two types of laws).
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