Ethical Supreme Court Decisions

The United States Constitution created a structure for government that prevents any one branch of government from having too much power. While the framers of the Constitution were concerned with the abuse of power in terms of having too much of it, there were certain aspects of power that the document ignored. For example, the constitution prevents the President from doing what is beyond his scope, however it does not prevent unethical behavior that may be done so long at is part of his enumerated powers. The United States Supreme Court, the highest Court in the land, is given the power to interpret the law. However, there have been several times during this interpretation that while the Court has not reached beyond the scope of what it may do, they have made unethical decisions either by ignoring a previous precedent or allowing behavior that is morally unacceptable. Here are three United States Supreme Court decisions where I believe the court acted unethically in ruling in each particular instance and should have made different decisions that would have been within the enumerated powers of the court and in line with ethical and moral decisions. …show more content…
Constitution is that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce. However, the power to regulate purely intrastate commerce has resided solely with that particular state. (http://sheridan_conlaw.typepad.com/sheridan _conlaw/2005/07/raich_vawa_lope.html). Throughout most of American history the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this decision and this rational as evidence by the decision in Lopez. However, in an unprecedented action, the Supreme Court in Gonzalez v. Raich decided to break that long-standing balance and violated the constitution as well as breaching the ethical boundaries of the