Justice is above law?
One common argument put forth by some of the self-described historians that inundate your opinion column is that the "illegal" have broken the law and therefore are criminals.
By that argument, so were the African people who ran away from their masters in defiance of the "laws" that required that they remain bound to their taskmasters.
By that argument, women that dared challenge their exclusion from "their right" to vote in defiance of the "laws" should be described as criminals in our history texts instead of the important persons they were to our legal system's ever-ongoing realignment.
By that argument, the slaves of the "Amistad" that overpowered and killed the ship's crew should have been put to death - they, too, broke the "law."
Answer:
Personally Law doesn't exist and has been applyied only when the media has play a big roll on it, Justice is a big word.
I think the primary goal is to try and make sure justice is served within the bounds of existing law.
So, while the slaves of Amistad are guilty according to the law at the time, the Justice at that time would have been to find them guilty but sentence them to no jail time or prison. In that instance both the law and Justice are served.
Remember, concepts of what is just change with time. It's easy for us to look back now with contempt, but neither of us were born in the 18th or 19th century so we really can't see it through their eyes at the time.
No law shall override the constitution and the constitution is our official gauge of justice, ergo, if a law violates the constitution it is not a law at all. No conflict exists.
are our Immigration laws unjust toward immigrants!!?
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Legally yes they broke the law but Morally they did what they had to to change a bad situation. If you have never been opressed you can't really understand.
Weak argument. Two totally different time periods. We are not talking about laws of yesterday. We are talking about laws today. Todays laws state if you cross into the United States undocumented you have broken the law therefore you are a criminal. That sums it up right there. Again metro keep reaching ya'll are running out of things to reach for.
All of those are good examples of situations where laws were unjust by our current standards and breaking them was a noble act rather then a malicious one. But that does not mean all laws are unjust. You seem to be arguing that borders are unjust by their nature and therefore crossing them to better yourself is a justifiable act. Lets be clear here. The people crossing our borders are not slaves nor are they fleeing political oppression. They are looking for money and wish to enjoy our benefits without contributing to our society.
If I broke into your home and cleaned out your refrigerator because your stuff was better then mine, would you consider me noble and just or just a thief? I know many of the people crossing are willing to work and if they want to work legally then I support them. But if they enjoy our benefits without paying taxes and work for wages lower then we can legally work for they are NOT noble revolutionaries seeking to improve the system. They are just thieves.
Humane should be the issue on both sides of the border. Instead it is really HATE for the brown skin hispanics. Illegal is just another excuse for the Hate by white Americans. Do not forget they are also hated in Mexico by white Mexicans..
Immigration laws will always be place.hello.ALL countries have them.
So, are you saying that anybody from any country should be able to walk in wherever they damn well please?
Have fun stirring up sh**, but I don't buy into this point you are trying to make.
I believe the constitution and specific correlating laws of the land serve as a basis if justice is observed fair and equally.
Thus justice could never be above the law for it is only a conclusion derived by the basis of the constitution and other law.
But any countries' laws, is always evolving. Lawmakers before and nowadays, scrutinized laws if it is still applicable to the current conditions and if not pass new laws that would correspond to new conditions of the situation.
With your examples of the African people, the women who defied their exclusion from their right to vote and slaves of Amistad, YES I would say basing on the laws at that time they could be considered criminals.
Burning women on the belief, they were witches were OK back in the days because they were no such laws against it in fact in doing so they believe they are doing the right thing.
But that is not the case today.
Different times, different culture etc. dictates the laws of the land and as mentioned earlier is the basis if justice is served fairly and equally to all its subjects.
Thus justice cannot be above the law.
Wow you are out of it. African slaves running away and Illegal immigrants. you really dig hard for this stuff huh.
YES, keeping search.
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