Consider the old version of slavery and the new version of slavery. Then evaluate our criminal "justice" system. Are the acts we call crimes, really crimes deserving punishment? Is alcohol better than marijuana? Why do we have the laws we have? Why do judges deliver sentences they deliver?
What is "American Justice?"
Is it a good thing to roll back and eliminate Civil Rights protections? Are we ready for more marches and riots and death and destruction in the streets of America?
Under the current Administration civil rights are a burden, so why not disparage them?
"Trump’s Justice Department isn’t enforcing civil rights"
By Rob Arthur Feb 23, 2018
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wj44y4/trumps-justice-department-isnt-enforcing-civil-rights
"The Trump administration is pursuing far fewer civil rights cases than its predecessors, a VICE News review of Justice Department records shows. Total activity in the agency’s civil rights division is at a 17-year low, falling well below levels seen in the last two administrations. One DOJ section charged with enforcing laws on police department misconduct has been completely inactive."
"Trump administration considers rollback of anti-discrimination rules"
By Laura Meckler and Devlin Barrett January 3, 2019
"The Trump administration is considering a far-reaching rollback of civil rights law that would dilute federal rules against discrimination in education, housing and other aspects of American life, people familiar with the discussions said.
A recent internal Justice Department memo directed senior civil rights officials to examine how decades-old “disparate impact” regulations might be changed or removed in their areas of expertise, and what the impact might be, according to people familiar with the matter. Similar action is being considered at the Education Department and is underway at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Under the concept of disparate impact, actions can amount to discrimination if they have an uneven effect even if that was not the intent, and rolling back this approach has been a longtime goal of conservative legal thinkers. Past Republican administrations have done little to erode the concept’s application, partly out of concerns that the Supreme Court might disagree, or that such changes would be unpopular and viewed as racist.
Civil rights advocates said diminishing this tool could have sweeping consequences.
“Disparate impact is a bedrock principle,” said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “Through the courts, we’ve been able to marshal data and use the disparate-impact doctrine as a robust tool for ferreting out discrimination.”"
