Justice – not favoritism for the poor, nor favoritism for the powerful

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.” Leviticus 19:15. No, the law, the courts are not supposed to help poor people, unless those poor people have been injured by someone. It should be no different for the rich person. If the rich person went to court, they should win if they sue a poor person that injured them. The rich person should not worry about the judge being sympathetic or some type of communist who thinks rich people got wealthy on the backs of the poor and should pay it back. Likewise, the poor person should be able to sue a rich person without worrying that someone politically powerful or a friend of the judge or just the judge’s own prejudice creates a road block to the poor person getting justice.

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