equality before the law -- for real? or for deal?

Answer 1

Equality? In what sense. That blacks are treated equal to whites? Or that poor are treated to equal as rich? The answer would be yes and no. The laws are written to be equal, but the implementation of the laws have never be equal.

Answer 2

Fact from fiction, truth from diction. It is not so much Black or white, rich or poor. It is more on if society approves of you or not. If you are well liked, be you rich or poor you will more than likely escape serious punishment. If you are not, then you may end up like Mike Tyson in spite of his money and fame, went to prison. And if you are disliked and not rich, you can be convicted on mere vapor of evidence like Scott Peterson.

Over all, law favors the rich. If you are rich you can buy the best defence, hire your own experts, have PIs canvas the area for witnesses, etc. If you are poor and stuck with an overworked, under paid PD(public defender)you are basically screwed. He has not the time or the resources to bring to the table what a man can get privately with his own money.

But the basic component to unequal law is the human component. If the law was dished out the same way in every instance, like a foul in a basketball game or a penalty in a football game. It might actually be a true and fair science. But it is not. Some guilty are allowed to walk away for good or a little longer because they are willing to drop a dime on some one higher up the ladder, or deemed more crooked than the one they actually caught. Case in point; many men today sit on death row for murdering one person, or killing them during a rape or robbery. But Sammy "The Bull" Gravano admitted to being a part of, ordering, or carrying out the murders of at least 19 people. But because he was willing to roll over on John Joeseph Gotti(the godfather)who beat the rap 2 or 3 times before. The Bull got a "hand slap" sentance and witness protection. Not death. Not life without. A 'hand slap" sentance and a fresh start. Because the Feds wanted Gotti more than they wanted justice for the 19 people murdered directly or indirectly by Gravano.

To those who naively look from the outside but never at the filling, this pie is OK. But get under the crust, this pie is half filled and not sweet.

Answer 3

The powers that be of our world talk a good talk about rights. But they don't really mean it. They really want to control rights, so they can decide who may exercise them and who may not. And, naturally, they intend to reserve to themselves the most privileged status.

As an example, I will refer to the legal culture within the United States. However, something similar can be said of almost any Western country that is dominated by a Jewish financial elite that, additionally, controls the mass media for news and entertainment within the country.

If classes in American Government were honestly taught, then students would hear about the Five Castes into which US citizens are grouped.

In the First Caste, we find persons such as the members of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve System. What they do (usury) is very harmful and therefore should be illegal. But their control over the ministers and the finances of the government is so great that the corruption they can induce keeps their harmful actions technically legal—as long as they're the ones doing it.

In the Second Caste, we find persons such as Bill and Hillary Clinton. What such people do is often illegal, but they are so powerful and so well-connected that all efforts to punish them for their crimes are frustrated. Either investigations come to dead ends, or corrupt officials derail the indictments, or corrupt prosecutors sabotage their own cases, or illicit administrative pardons are issued. It's sometimes one thing, and sometimes another, but the end result is that the guilty person goes unpunished.

In the Third Caste, we find persons who have some undue privilege in the extent of their legal immunities, but not nearly so much as those in the Second Class do. People in this class include ordinary rich people, university presidents, prominent businessmen, police officers, homosexuals, and politically favored minorities.

In the Fourth Caste, we find most ordinary people. You must obey the laws, and you are held more or less to strict adherence to the written law. People in this class usually cannot talk their way out of a speeding ticket by alleging a moment of confusion while driving. It is politically correct (though factually untrue) to assert that "everybody" inhabits this caste.

In the Fifth Caste, we find politically disfavored persons and groups, who are almost continually under scrutiny by adversaries, both official and political, who will begin causing big legal trouble if ever they should notice the smallest transgression. People in this class include, most especially, paroled felons and white nationalists—the latter whether or not they've ever broken the law.

Answer 4

Right on, Mr. Mojo! Thumbs up for that answer!

Remember, like George Orwell said, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

In that same vein, our slogan in the United States should be, "Our constitution guarantees equal rights for all, but not all versions of inequality are equally unconstitutional."

Please read Dr. Evan Gerstmann's book, published in 1999, "The Constitutional Underclass: Gays, Lesbians, and the Failure of Class-Based Equal Protection."

Answer 5

No, if you are rich or wealthy you have readily access to the courts where the laws are written in your favor!

If you are poor, you have NO access to the courts unless someone like the ACLU takes a lawsuit based on constitutional issues! The rest the poor are just plain screwed! And it isn't only the poor! I don't have enough money to take an issue to the US Supreme Court!

Answer 6

there is no equality in the world. if you got it someone else wants it if you need it someone will sell it. all things being equal, nothing is equal. thank god,Allah,Buddha or whoever that we are all different and unequal.

but if you are speaking of racial or gender equality than i say no for now. i must believe that these equalities will come eventually.

there have been many changes for the good in my lifetime.

Answer 7

Unfortunately I think it is not for real.

Lets take discrimination for instance. We all know it is wrong yet the congress discriminates against white people who try to get into college. Congress discriminates against those who worked hard and have become successful. I guess it is wrong but in your personal life it is okay.

I discriminated against a bunch of women when I chose my wife, which is good. It is only bad when congress does it.

Answer 8

If all the "legal" people would really treat all people like Lady Liberty, blind except for the facts, then it would truely be the same for all people.

Answer 9

sure for real,, what is your personal value,, conduct your self as you feel you worth permits,, be honest and kind