Equality before the law

Influential people have changed america forever. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is one of those people. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg graduated from columbia law school, to become a staunch courtroom advocate for the fair treatment of women and working with the ACLU's women's rights project. She was appointed by President Carter to the U.S. court of appeals in 1980, and was appointed to the supreme court by president Clinton in 1993. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg was born on March 15,1933, in Brooklyn, New…

Many philosophical scholars believe that justice, liberty, law, and equality are an important aspect among the commonwealth of the nation. Moreover, this paper will focus on the two important political philosophers that argue with the notion and importance of equality and justice in the western society. These philosophers include: Robert Nozick and John Rawls. John Rawls claims that equality and justice is derived from an equal distribution of opportunities, income, wealth, for the general…

The United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" took place in 1896 known as the Plessy vs Ferguson act. The Plessy V. Ferguson did not make it to where blacks and whites had all the same rights, but at the time, they thought that it was a good decision. Little did they know, less than a hundred years later would we be trying to integrate white and black schools. It…

perversion of the equality principle in that it pushes equality to an unfounded extreme—an extreme that crushes personal freedom. In this paper, I will argue that in “Harrison Bergeron” the equality principle is taken to mean the deprivation and literal handicapping of the privileged, while in reality the pursuit of equality is taken to mean the elevation of the underprivileged. In order to prove my thesis, I will begin by setting forth the terms of this paper and defining the equality…

In the novella Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, the story’s protagonist is Equality 7-2521. Who lives in an era where technology and science have not been delved into due to a higher authority, where self-discovery and performing actions for and by oneself is discouraged. Essentially, Equality 7-2521 lives in a collective society. As one can imagine, where no person has performed experiments or tried to discover knowledge by oneself. In the novella Anthem written by Ayn Rand, the lack of progress in…

power/intelligence over another individual. “The minute people start cheating on laws, what do you think happens to society?” (P.23) Once laws are broken and are no longer enforced, the result would be a chaotic society. Laws are used to form a society of equal opportunity and aid the idea of equality. People are no longer equal once laws are not used as guidelines to improve society. The United States possess much equality from gender to ethnicity to religion. The United States government…

theme of the story relates to our future world and how our society may end up in similar positions because of the decisions we make. The first paragraph of the story talks about the equality that runs in their society. “THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else...(Vonnegut)”.…

“The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written in the law” (Robert Book). According to the Constitution my opinion is that equality is achievable according to amendments one, four, nine, thirteen, fifteen, and nineteen. These amendments shows equality to citizens by allowing people to choose their own religion and you have to have a search warrant to check a person's house just because they look suspicious.…

The United Kingdom grants an interesting case study for wage equality development because of the extensive history of legislation present in the nation. Even though the United Kingdom is currently undergoing major changes with Brexit, much of the nation’s policies are still rooted deeply within the European Union’s policy. In 1957, the Treaty of Rome created the basis for gender equality in the United Kingdom. According to Article 119, all member states must legally provide equal pay for work…

(australia.gov, 2015). As the values of the Australian population change, as should the law to maintain social cohesion. This is important in achieving marriage equality as according to a 2009-2012 poll from Galaxy Research, 64% of Australians support marriage equality which suggests the debate in Australia is primarily political now. Currently, Australian law is not reflective of the majority as the functions of the law are not being upheld. The government has a responsibility as the authority…