Blog 3

Initially when I saw this cartoon, I thought that the cartoonist was trying to convey that the Supreme Court doesn't do its job and fails to use the Constitution effectively in order to bring justice in certain cases such as Plessy vs. Ferguson. In this case, the Supreme Court failed to use the Constitution to help alleviate the people of America of segregation stating that the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." However, after a brief discussion with Ms. Robledo who viewed this cartoon differently, I realized that one can also look at this with a positive attitude towards the Supreme Court in that they are doing their job and making sure the Constitution's values and beliefs are upheld in our nation. An example of this is shown in the Brown vs. Board of Education case when the Supreme Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.