With Liberty…And “Justice For All.”
By Devin M. Jameson
They say justice is blind.
But more and more, it feels like she just refuses to look down.
She seems to favor those at the top—
while most everyone else is beneath her foot,
some more than others.
What Is Justice, Really?
Not social justice.
Not performative outrage.
Not hashtags.
Real justice.
The idea that no one is above the law.
That if someone wrongs you, society steps in.
It strips their status, takes their freedom, and gives you at least a semblance
of peace for the damage they caused.
That matters.
Because otherwise, we’re just trading wounds.
Eye for an eye until the whole world goes blind.
Justice isn’t optional.
It’s the foundation.
Without it, society becomes nothing more than a list of rules people ignore the
second no one's watching.
So what happens when justice no longer matters?
A Tiered Justice System
People talk about two justice systems.
One for the rich. One for everyone else.
But I see it differently.
In my view, there are at least five—maybe more.
- The
impoverished — punished harshly, quickly, publicly, and often. Think a
homeless person getting bullied by police just for existing.
- The
working class — stuck with traffic tickets, parking fines, and
penalties that pile up fast.
- The
middle class — sometimes get away with a warning, but not always.
- The
rich — can buy silence, delay consequences, or avoid them entirely.
- The
ultra-wealthy — commit financial crimes with impunity and, in some
cases, even get away with murder.
Somehow, we’ve accepted this.
Or at least, we’ve normalized it.
But is it really justice when the same crime leads to
completely different outcomes?
Is it justice when someone hoarding goods in their garage to
price gouge gets raided by the FBI,
…but a corporation inflates the price of a life-saving good by well over 5,000%—and still walks away with bonuses?
I'm not arguing either is acceptable. But in a just system, both should be treated equally.
At some point, we have to ask:
Is this the system the founders imagined?
Is it designed to protect the innocent—or has it been quietly perverted to
serve someone else?
When the Court Is Powerless
Justice in America isn’t just about laws—
It’s about who enforces them, and who follows them.
We have a legal system built in layers.
Local courts handle day-to-day disputes and crimes.
Appellate courts review those decisions.
Federal courts step in when state lines or constitutional rights are at
stake.
And above them all sits the Supreme Court—
The final word.
They don’t make suggestions.
They issue rulings.
And in theory, those rulings are binding.
But what happens when they’re not?
What happens when someone with enough power simply decides not to listen?
Does the rule of law break down?
And if it does—
Why should the public keep following laws that the powerful don’t?
That’s the question people start asking when they see some
defy the courts.
That’s when the glue holding society together begins to dissolve,
And the people begin to reject the system itself.
If the highest court in the land can be ignored,
then what law actually matters?
We shouldn’t brush this off.
We shouldn’t treat it like just another headline.
Because if rulings are optional—
If those in power can disobey each other without consequence—
Then the system isn’t fraying.
It’s already starting to crack.
That’s not just dysfunction.
That’s collapse.
And we should all be terrified.
The Glue Is Drying Out
Justice isn’t a policy.
It’s the glue.
And when the glue crumbles—
So does everything it holds together.
We don’t have to agree on politics.
Or economics.
Or even ethics.
But we all live under the same sky.
And when the rules no longer apply to the powerful,
the powerless start to ask why they should follow them at all.
That’s when people stop believing in the system.
Not just the courts—
But the markets.
The government.
The idea that anything is truly fair or stable.
When justice breaks, trust follows.
And once trust is gone, people start to see the economy for what it really is—
a house of cards that only works if we all work to keep it together.
Because money only holds value if people believe in the rules behind it.
That’s why we’re seeing things move together that shouldn’t—
Bonds, stocks, even the dollar itself.
All showing signs of stress.
Because beneath the surface, belief is unraveling.
And the world is watching. Quietly, money begins to move.
Capital is fleeing the United States.
Not because of a rate hike or a trade deal—
But because our society is becoming unstable.
When a country becomes uninvestable, collapse follows.
Not just a recession—
A collapse that could rival, or even surpass the Great Depression.
The lifeblood of a modern economy is belief. When that
belief dies, so does everything built on top of it.
When no one will loan us money,
When no investor sees value in our companies,
Confidence collapses.
Credit vanishes.
Jobs disappear.
Funding dries up.
And all of this is happening while we face a mounting debt crisis.
This isn’t just a legal breakdown.
It’s not just political decay.
It’s a systemic collapse—of both society and the economy.
And systems don’t fall all at once.
They rot slowly, quietly—
Until one day, they collapse.
The glue is drying out.
And the cracks are spreading.
We need to act—now—while there's still time to hold it all
together.
We need to fix the cracks before they spread too far.
Because once the house of cards falls,
it’s not so easy to rebuild.
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