Veil Of Ignorance

All individuals are born with certain rights that are guaranteed to us a citizen of the United States and as human beings. These rights include the fact that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” (“Universal Declaration”). In the United States we are also guaranteed the rights to not be discriminated against due to race, gender, age, sex, and sexual orientation, however, discrimination is all too common. Discriminatory laws and practices occur all over the United States daily and affect many minority groups. In recent months, North Carolina Passed a new law, House Bill 2 or BH2, that requires individuals to use the bathroom of their biological sex, or what sex they were born. House Bill 2 violates the rights of thousands

Rawls’s Theory of Justice is a way to determine is a certain problem or aspect of society is fair or just. An important part of the Theory of Justice is the Original Position. The Original Position is hypothetical and non-historical, meaning that it has never happened and that it can never happen. This position allows for all biases to be removed. A very important part of the Original Position is the Veil of Ignorance. The Veil of Ignorance keeps the deciders from knowing what types of categories regulate society. In the case of HB2 the deciders would not know that race, gender, sex, or sexual orientation regulate society. This allows the deciders to make a decision that is impartial because they do not know how society is structured, which keeps them from giving one group an advantage. The Veil of Ignorance forces the deciders to think like they would be the minority. In this case, the deciders would have to make their decision about BH2 being fair or just from the point of view of the transgender population. Making the decision from this point of view guarantees that the minorities will not be treated unjustly. Rawls’s makes this a condition of the Veil of Ignorance because the deciders will not know what part of society they would be a part of. The Original Position and Veil of Ignorance are one condition to determining if an aspect of society is fair. Rawls’s also uses the

The American Civil Liberties Union, or the ACLU, was founded in January of 1920 with the goal of protecting and preserving the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States to every individual in the US. The ACLU deals with all types of social injustices, including voting rights, human rights, racial justice, and many more. The ACLU is a national organization that has local offices located in every state as well as Washington DC and Puerto Rico (“America Civil…”). Each local office is staffed with lawyers and other individuals who are willing to help individuals fight to end social injustices in a national or personal scale. The fight to end HB2 was started by the North Carolina office, however, this case will affect all transgender individuals in the United States when the Judicial system rules. The ACLU offers service to all individuals, no matter race, gender, national origin, or legal status. This means that the ACLU does not have any typical clients because they embrace all types of people. THE ACLU helped defeat a bill that was similar to HB2 in Florida. To defeat this bill, the ACLU put a petition on its website with the hope of gaining 75,000 signatures. To date, the petition has not meet the goal, however they have received 60,988 signature and at 60,000 signatures the bill was not passed (“Using the Restroom…”). The ACLU has