The Process of Democracy

“The process of democracy is one of change. Our laws are not frozen into immutable form, they are constantly in the process of revision in response to the needs of a changing society.” (Thurgood Marshall)

Anyone who refuses justice today because of laws made 100, 200, even 5 years ago- is not practicing democracy.

The society is changing every single day- especially now in a year long pandemic, with climate change raging, greed, oppression and systemic racism at the root of much of the suffering- our laws need to reflect this, Our laws need to reflect who we are and what we need today.

and today and everyday, we need justice. We need truth. We need equity. We need freedom to breathe and live.

Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice.

In October 1967, Thurgood Marshall made history by becoming the first African-American to be confirmed as a justice of the Supreme Court. Before he was named to the high court, Marshall was a civil-rights lawyer who successfully convinced the Supreme Court that segregation in schools was unconstitutional in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education.

Throughout his 24 year career on the bench, Marshall was known as a defender of individual rights, especially for those accused of committing crimes. Over the years, his liberal positions were at odds with a growing conservative majority of the court, but that did not stop him from issuing strongly-worded dissents and taking a stand on social issues.