Question

Political Science - Throughout history, the Justices of the Supreme Court have always been overwhelmingly white and male and have never mirrored society. Even today, five of the eight are make only two are members of minority groups. In your opinion is it possible for such a non-diverse group to render decisions that are fair to everyone or must the amkeup of the Court become more diverse before its decisions are fair to all, including women and minorities? Briefly discuss why.

Answer 1

I believe that as supreme court is the supreme judiciary authority of the nation, it is their duty to maintain fair and unbiased judgment and this has been always an issue where the supreme court has been accused of biasness but I believe that as residents of the country it would be better if we trust and rely on the judgments of the supreme court. More diversity in selecting judges of supreme court is always something that I believe to be a good decision but again the trust should be there because it is the last and final resort that we have as individuals and citizens of the country. There has been a lot of cases of discrimination that has been handled by the supreme court and the verdict has been towards the minority so we cannot vaguely judge the judiciary of biased decisions.

I believe that the individuals who are selected for the position are selected based on various parameters and these parameters actually judge if there is any discriminating factor in these individuals and if there is then they are not selected although we are not quite aware of the exact parameters that are used in this context, hence it is better to rely on the existing system and have faith on them but if there is anything that is considered to be biased then that should be pointed out and verified so that people should not lose the belief and trust they still possess.