For Monday, February 20th, I read an interview from the Friday, February 17th, issue of 20 minutos - Alicante. The interviewee was actor Gabriel Macht, who plays Harvey Specter, a lawyer at the lawfirm Pearson & Hardman in the TV series "Suits." The interviewer asked Macht about corruption in the legal system, and Macht stated that "Es mentira que todos seamos iguales ante la ley" (It is a lie that everyone is equal in front of the law/that Lady Justice is blind). Another interesting quote from the interview was "Hay dos tipos de abogados; aquellos que conocen la ley y aquellos que conocen al juez" (There are two types of lawyers; those that know the law and those that know the judge). The interview went on to discuss corruption in today's Spanish legal system
Questions that I brought up during class were:
Is Lady Justice truly blind? What exactly is the legal system like in Spain (question for Jaime)? How does that compare to the judicial system in the United States? How does politics affect the judicial system in the United States? Are legal legislation often static because Supreme Court members possess life tenure once appointed?
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