Homework #5

Questions: 1. Why do people obey laws?
2. Do you trust the government?
3. What would you change?

    People generally obey laws to help maintain order in their society.  Our laws are meant to ensure the safety of the people by providing set regulations to limit unruliness.  At the same time, they are meant to protect the rights of the people to ensure that they aren't taken advantage of by the government.  Laws also allow for justice to be served to those that commit crimes or try to abuse the law.

    For the most part, I feel that we should not completely depend on our government.  The politicians in the highest offices of the government have always been at odds with each other- now more than ever.  Because of that, these politicians are constantly clashing over how to lead the country, which usually ends in a deadlock between them, and prevents them from making any real progress in the government.  If I could change the government, the main thing I would change is the Supreme Court.  I believe that We shouldn't have Supreme Court justices keep their positions for life.  Our society changes over time, and we need justices that reflect that change, instead of ones that have grown up in a different time, with different situations.