John Hurrell (Blogs exist)

  Anti-War     When looking at Antiwar.com I noticed that the site itself seemed unpolished and unfinished. It reminded me of the sites from the early 2000s where everything was in boxes and the screen never seemed to be centered. I was honestly quite shocked by it, I was thinking the website would be a well up-kept site, but then I started to think about why the site might be self built. Anti-War propaganda is not popular within most governments, and those who say they do not wish to go to war can be seen as unpatriotic and will be ostracized by the media. It happened back in 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the pentagon and world trade centers. Since it was an incredibly gruesome attack the government was drumming up support for war in Iraq. The American people were behind it, most of the media was behind it, but those who were not got kicked to the dirt. I can now understand why a website creation company like a squarespace would have no interest in carrying an Anti-war website.

  The Supreme Court           The Supreme Court is made up of nine Chief Justices and the court is one of the strongest allies the people have within the Federal Government. Since it's conception the Supreme Court has slowly gained more and more power, allowing them to choose laws or rulings that they deem unconstitutional. The role of a Supreme Court Justice is incredibly prestigious as there have only been little over one hundred justices in US history. Despite the prestigious role, the job is not easy, the justices get about 200 new cases every week, that is over 7000 in a single year, meaning that the review process that they must go through is long and tedious. The court however does not have to choose every case that lands on their desk, this is thanks to certiorari, it gives the justices the right to choose which cases will be heard, and which ones will not. The court is incredibly open about their process, unlike other corners of government they announce all of their verdic