Refer to the cartoon posted here. Identify the point of view of the cartoonist. Do you agree or disagree with it? Explain your position, using Supreme Court cases to illustrate your argument.
"Do you ever have one of those days when everything seems unconstitutional?"
The cartoonist point of view involves the belief that the courts are not effective and that all cases seem to directly violate the constitution. One example of this idea is demonstrated in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, which ruled that blacks and whites would live under the principle of "separate but equal", which kept these individuals physically away from each other but under equal conditions. In the constitution it states that "all men created equal", but the cases ruled "separate but equal". The ruling is unconstitutional because it discriminates a certain group and and still shows inequality. In addition to unfair cases, is the case of Gregg vs. Georgia. This case advocated for the US Supreme Court's use of the death penalty, specifically, in the death sentence of a man named Tony Gregg. The case again demonstrates unconstitutionality due to the fact that it was targeted specifically to one individual and is not based of the actions of a larger group. The ruling goes against the constitution because it shows an unbalance of equality when determining the fate of an individual.
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