Bill Of Rights Pros And Cons

The Bill of Rights is a weapon that seems to be used against us more often than not, while it’s easy to look at the landmark social justice cases ruled by the Supreme Court that have helped push America forward, but there have been far more conservative abuses of legal power than leaps forward. This occurs because the Bill of Rights is interpreted by each state, instead of it being nationalized we have open interpretation allowing the inequality in the judicial system to continue unchecked in certain cases for decades. The evolution of the First Amendment changes over time with way of the world as it should, however, there have been multiple rulings by various Supreme Court judges that define “persons” or “person” as a “corporation”. Slowly over time, our Bill of Rights have extended the same and/or better rights to corporations that have been interpreted as people.

I personally believe that the whole system is deeply flawed and while it may not be hopeless, the amount of forcible change that has to occur is staggering.

By pulling one thread to find the end only causes the whole sweater to unravel so to speak.Whether it be teacher’s unions buying political influence to ensure their member’s future, the FCC telling us what we can and can’t see on TV and in movies, or the DEA fighting a war on drugs there is a connection from one source to the other. Fighting such entrenched dysfunction requires what I believe to be the only solution, that is a triage of problems facing this country, we analyze where we’re suffering the most that causes the largest problems and we fix that

first.
I see the criminal justice system as being perhaps second on the list of problems to solve. I don’t see as any aspect of American life that can’t be improved through bipartisan compromise and moderation. The issue with that is the rabid party devotion and sensationalism caused by entertainers masquerading as polemicists (a fine line to walk) is what keeps I believe most politicians from coming together and hashing out something beneficial to society instead of childish bickering. The amount of time wasted by politicians, in congress especially, are what keep simple bills like the Farm Bill, legislation that allocates spending for family run farms and the food stamp benefits, grid locked by radical conservatives who aim at slashing spending, primarily in social services and other liberal backed programs. When our politicians stop asking themselves, “What’s good for my bottom line and stock portfolio” and start asking themselves, “How can this benefit someone else?” will change start to occur.
Oprah Winfrey was quoted as saying, “There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die,” While that sounds comically extreme, and the conservative blog where I found that quote was certainly ready to call it that, there is some truth to what Oprah said in a moment of spontaneous human emotion. When the system doesn’t work, fix the system, after all doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity right? So, then why are the same kind of old white men making decisions for us still? When a new generation comes in will it be the same? I’m not sure, but I like to believe that maybe life can be better when we stop fighting for the sake of the party and start fighting for the sake of betterment and not swinging the axe at one another.