Hye Min Shin
AP Gov
April, 15, 2015

Supreme Court Rules: Money Talks

by Tony Auth

The political cartoon above depicts that corporations influence Supreme Court decisions by donating large amount of money. It claims that Democracy fails to exist in America because its judicial system, which should remain fair and upright, is swayed by money from corporations and therefore by rich people.

This cartoon definitely somewhat shocked me; I believed that though other two branches of government might be corrupt, judicial branch would base its actions on justice. Therefore, looking at this cartoon disappointed me a little bit.

This relates to the chapter about judicial system since decisions that Supreme Court justices make could be influenced by corporations rather than the Constitution. Since their decision is not based on their beliefs, but that of corporations, the term "activism" should be replaced by or coexist with "Corruptism."