Impact Of Thurgood Marshall's Impact On Civil Justice

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Impact of Thurgood Marshall’s quote on civil rights Thurgood Marshall was one of the famous Supreme Court judges who had a huge impact on the justice department regarding the civil rights and the society in general. One of the notable quotes by Justice Marshall was that "power, not reason is the currency of this court decision making." This quote has a lot of implication regarding the civil rights, during the time Marshall had observed a change in the judicial system regarding composition to the judges (Vile, and Joseph 14). There was a transformation in the courts where senior judges had retired paving a way for younger justices. These changes also affected the perception and views of the justice, regarding civil rights. The shift from analysis …show more content…

In addition to this, the analysis of law was not considered thoroughly during judicial decisions. Therefore, the court uses backward reasoning where it uses the expected results it wants to deduce to make decisions. Such activities in the justice department have a lot of impediments to the impartiality of judicial system. The rights of the criminal in many instances are affected by the use of such methods to deliver justice. According to Marshall, the legal analysis used to determine the outcome of the courts has reduced since the changes in the judicial system. The rights of the individuals have significantly reduced with the changes in the court system because only the nine judges are privy to the outcome of the court proceedings; they are also not liable to the questions that may be raised about the legality of their …show more content…

According to Marshall power is causing decision making in the United States, this means that people use the power they have to get their needs without the regard of how the same power is affecting them (Vile, and Joseph 89). When in need of something, the society should make a conclusive decision on the best way possible to acquire the need. This would ensure that other people are not affected by the same decision. The second principle of non-violence that relates to the speech by Marshall is the awareness of long-term. This is because nonviolence always leads to positive results, with power there is no reconciliation with other people. Although violence can act to effect some changes such as forcing the changes to occur, it causes a lot of ruin in the long run. This is because the final result of the action is always different and often negative from the result achieved through no nonviolence. This means that with violence is often associated with power and nonviolence is associated with

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