Nov. 24, 2025
The history of justice in America
For centuries, Lady Justice's scales have favored wealthy white men, leaving everyone else to wait for true fairness.
With the arrival of Europeans in America came the establishment of their judicial systems. A legal hierarchy was formed that, in time, pinnacled with the United States Supreme Court, the definitive law of the land.
From the onset, and for hundreds of years, the appointed and elected judicial officers were made up almost exclusively of Caucasian men.
Paradoxically, the U.S. judicial system is symbolized by the blindfolded Lady Justice holding a balanced scale. ...
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