Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Cartoon Explanation


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.


In the cartoon, three judges look at each other and state "Do you ever have one of those days when everything seems unconstitutional?" . Basically the cartoon is stating that the court make bad calls on court cases that are filed to the Supreme Court. I believe the cartoonists point of view is going against the Supreme court because the expression on the judges face seem as if they don't care much or can even be frustrated with the fact that some cases may be ruled unconstitutional. The Cartoonist expresses the frustration with the Supreme Court because he/she believes that there are days where everything seems unconstitutional.
I particularly agree with the cartoonists point of view because there can be a situation in which a case or many cases are not filed correctly with the Supreme Court. I understand the cartoonist argument through the cartoon because they believe that there are times where the everything seems unconstitutional meaning; not in accordance to the constitution. There are some court cases in which it was ruled unconstitutional, for example Engel v. Vitale (1962); this court case was where the Court ruled that the recitation in public classrooms of a non-denominational prayer was unconstitutional and a violation of the establishment clause. This court case rules accordingly to the cartoonists argument since this court case was ruled unconstitutional and it aligns with the statement that the judges state in the cartoon which again is "Do you ever have one of those days when everything seems unconstitutional?". This case was ruled unconstitutional because of praying in public classrooms which connects to the idea of "...those days when everything seems unconstitutional...".

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