Inequality in the United States' Legal System
             In the United States, true equality has never existed. From the
             Declaration of Independence to modern times, the US legal system has failed at
             any attempt at equality. '...all men are created equal...' may be what the
             Declaration says, but 'some men are more equal than others' is how the legal
             system interprets that phrase. The actual reality of the Declaration of
             Independence is that all free, white, landowning men are created equal.
             Therefore, inequality has always existed in the united States' legal system
             and continues to exist today; however, the inequality presently in the system
             is not as blatant as what it once was. Slavery continued in the United States
             for nearly ninety years after the Declaration, and African Americans still
             feel the sting of inequality today. If the US legal system is blind and just
             as it is supposed to be, why, then, is a minority, such as the African
             One of the most controversial issues today is the act of racial
             profiling. The most common form is direct, meaning victims are directly
             profiled, usually by the police. In this form, individual officers act on
             racial stereotypes against racial minorities, especially African Americans.
             Recent studies in New Jersey and Illinois have confirmed that minorities are
             disproportionately targeted by police officers, although minorities are almost
             helpless in reporting 'color of law' attacks. It is their word against a
             legal official and, in most cases, the minority victim does not receive
             justification because the officers are cleared of charges. In 1957 President
             Eisenhower mandated that the United States Department of Justice prosecute
             civil rights violations, to include police misconduct, thus, allowing uniform
             application of civil rights law across the nation. Officers cleared of
             wrongdoing often do not understand...