Judges, the Judicial System, and the Supporting of Freedom

The Judicial system and judges support freedom by following the letter of the law. The citizens all have equal rights, but they may not have the resources available to use those rights. Each state has a dual court system that allows it to have its own laws and constitutions and the judges are elected by the people. 

Each branch of the judicial systems supports its citizens in many ways.  The law enforcement offericers that serve and protect the citizens and enforce the laws with criminals.  The lawers that defend the rights of the victims and criminals. The jurys that serve the trails and of course the judges who enforce and have the last say.

In government, the judges serve a great purpose.  The SAupreme court justice judges are the in the highest court.  The Supreme Court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they are removed after.

The purpose of the Supreme Court is to interpret the law.The Supreme Court has the final say on what the Constituion "means", and whether any state or federal law violates the Constituion.  Judges cannot make laws, but they can make decisions that force legislators to act a certain way, or prevent them from acting a certain way.  Similarly, they can prevent the Excecutive branch from enforcing laws that conflict with the Constitution.




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How does the U.S. Congress, as it exists in its current structure, support and/or limit authentic representation?

In our current structure it is not a very authentic representation. They are unrepresentative with respect to gender, class, race, and ethnicity. 

Since the begining of government, we have made progress on more authentic representation in the categories of  gender (we have women in positions never held before) we have a diverse representation when it comes to race and ethnicity, but the truest struggle is class.  Once again, if you are not "educated" and have lots of money to run your campaigne there is no way you will ever make it to Washington. As a nation we have made

In what ways does the U.S. Presidency support and limit the formation of an ideal democracy?

The U.S. President supports the formation of an ideal democray as a leader of a country and also a spokes person for one of the most powerful countires in the world.

It limits the formation of a democracy because of public opinion and the personal style of the president. The economy also plays part in the limitation of formation of democracy.