Walter Louis Stevenson Justice

Walter Lee is a dreamer. He wants to be rich and devises plans to acquire wealth with his friends, particularly he wants to invest his father’s insurance money in a new liquor store. He spends talking about the liquor store until Mama buys the house which he change over the story. After Mama finally gives the money to Walter he started to change over the story. Walter is now fighting for civil rights because he told Mr.Lender that he doesn’t want him to talk anymore and want him to leave, “Is this what you came marching all the way over here to tell us?”(554).

Senator Charles Sumner was an anti-slavery republican who presented many intense and full emotion speeches during his life time. When he presented his speech called “The Crime Against Kansas”, he gave the speech against the southerner’s effort to cover slavery into Kansas and attacked senator Andrew Butler in a negative sense, for example, calling him "moron." This especially rankled Preston Brooks, a nearby brother of Butler thus he chose to make a move. He trusted that Sumner went past his breaking points as a congressperson in embarrassing Butler. So, he chose to show Sumner a lesson:

In Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, he writes to illustrate the injustices of the judicial system to its readers. To do so, Stevenson utilizes multiple writing styles that provide variety and helps keep the reader engaged in the topic. Such methods of his include the use of anecdotes from his personal experiences, statistics, and specific facts that apply to cases Stevenson had worked on as well as specific facts that pertain to particular states. The most prominent writing tool that Stevenson included in Just Mercy is the incorporation of anecdotes from cases that he himself had worked on as a nonprofit lawyer defending those who were unrightfully sentenced to die in prison.

Working closely with people placed on death row, incarcerated children and many others; Bryan Stevenson is able to provide some clarity as to how unjust the criminal justice system truly is. Mr. Stevenson graduated from Harvard University Law School and is currently a Professor of Law at the New York University of Law. He is the founder and Executive Director of Equal Justice Initiative, with the help of his team he has been able to successfully “relief or release over 115 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row.” As well as establishing “life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger are constitutional” through various cases handled by the United States Supreme Court. The cruelest of acts are those committed under the false

1. The supreme court is the highest federal court in the United States. It consists of nine supreme court justices. Federal judges are nominated by the president and approved by the senate. Once appointed the justices will serve on the supreme court for the rest of their lives, unless they are impeached.

The longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades and played a major role in the improvement of the American legal system (Mod. 3b). John Marshall was a chief for 34 years leading the supreme court. Chief John Marshall performed a key role in the power of the federal and state governments during the mid-nineteenth century. Marshall gave it the strength and weight of the third, equivalent branch of government. Marshall's Court formed the new country with its understanding of the Constitution and the setting up of various early appropriate points of reference that was better describe, the part and size of the federal government.

Earl Warren Many chief justices have worked on popular cases over the years. In particular I am going to be talking about Earl Warren; his early life, he was a past chief justice, why he chose what he did and the three major cases he worked on throughout his life. All of these affected our lives in one way or another. The three cases Earl Warren worked on were Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, and Benton v. Maryland.

In Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy,” there is an underlying sense of hope that is seen in spurts through the constant stories of injustice and unfairness that take place. Throughout the book there are multiple people that are wrongly condemned and have to suffer on the dreaded death row. All of the inmates of the row know they will eventually be executed, but only a select few stay positive and give the reader a sense of hope in such a negative situation. Mr. Jenkins is one of those men. The mentally ill man was in and out of foster care as a child, and his terrible experiences lead to more serious brain damage.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, a French novelist who went by the pseudonym George Sand, claimed “charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.” Those who give to others solely believe they are contributing to the greater good. While those receiving more or less don’t reciprocate the same gratitude. At the beginning of adolescence, we are taught it is important to help others less fortunate than one because it is not about individuality — but community. John Steinbeck explores this theme in The Grapes of Wrath while telling the story of a poor family’s journey to California.

In today 's society, numerous occurrences indicate that minorities are still being oppressed by the lawmakers of society. A few black people feel that the oppression years have passed; however, a vast majority believes that the world is concealing their true intentions of continued oppression. Barack Obama made history by becoming this country’s first black male president. However, we still have a horde of issues to tackle before achieving equality. It breaks my heart to learn of the countless deaths of minorities by police officers without holding them accountable.

Strong, long lasting unions are built from the determination and respect of the people; individualism takes a sole part in the United States government and has it has shaped our world today. When the United States of America was born, myriads of people migrated to this land in search of a better life- the only problem was how the country itself were to be run. People from across the world carrying different opinions, religions, memories, and backgrounds provided various outcomes for how the big picture for America would look. The people were attempting to form a government based off of their own human rights (and other aspects in balancing the federal government), but still looked for a form of structure to uphold this new form of free land.

John Marshall’s Supreme Court hearings had a positive effect on the United States. From court cases like McCulloch v. Maryland, declared that the federal courts could decide if state laws were unconstitutional. The McCulloch v. Maryland trial went to the supreme court because Maryland had put a tax in place that too 2% of all assets of the bank or a flat rate of $30,000. John Marshall saw this tax as unconstitutional for the simple fact that people were being denied their property under the state legislature. From the Gibbons v. Ogden case, congress’s power over interstate commerce was strengthened.

EARL WARREN 2 Earl Warren: Warren was one of the greatest Supreme Court Chief Justice of the decade due to his loyalty to the US government and his truth to the people. Warren always put the people's votes first, and not caring about his “party's” beliefs. Warren had his own beliefs on a government outlook upon what the people needed instead of the government using government intentions. Earl Warren never always lived in fame he grew up in a small place. Warren came from Norwegian immigrants (“The Supreme Court”, 2006).