The speaker of American Justice for Sale, Carl Stranstrom, spoke about the idea of whether justice in America was something the citizens had bought with their own money or was it given to them from the start. Because America is a democratic country, candidates from parties are often voted through campaigns and popularity. In this case the judges as well have to campaign, even though they’re being selected by the state legislature. According to the discussion, people from private companies can contribute money to specific judge even if it doesn’t affect the outcome of the election. This idea of donating money to judges isn’t just about popularity, in fact, it’s more about bringing a particular judge to their side in times of settling cases.
One may think that such process is unfair and it’s indeed true. By contributing a large sum of money to a specific judge, it’s not only about supporting the judge’s ability to handle a case, but rather about bribing them. When the saying goes “there’s nothing that money can’t buy”, it’s what many contributors believe in. They expect that once the money was given to the judges, they’ll receive something in return and in this case, favoring their side of the court case. Therefore, the federal judge was forbidden to ask for any charitable contribution from anyone, as it was stated in the Code of Conduct that every case was to be processed in a fair trial without the idea of bribery.