Corruption In John Grisham's The Pelican Brief
In John Grisham's “The Pelican Brief”, government manipulation and corruption are the themes that controls our future, government, and everything leading up to that. The deaths that occur in this book only add on to the idea of how vital positions in government are the points that influence people on the borderline of good and evil. No matter how hard it is trying to sway someone of the opposite, the primary form of concluding affairs is corruption in the form of manipulation and clandestine control. Welcome to the United States, where legalized bribery is permitted, just make sure that it is not too wide spread .
Corruption itself is not something unknown to the world, and it never was. As the years have progressed, the categories of corruption …show more content…
Those are one of the important positions to fight over, not that they have any control over who gets chosen, that is the president’s job. Deaths in the supreme court are a major impact on how future decisions are made.The supreme court has had deaths in the past, and with those deaths come new responsibilities. These include problems that the newly passed justice has left on, ones that a death brings on, and more(“About the Supreme Court”). To have your personal choice on choosing a justice would help getting more laws passed in that favor. Not to sound harsh but the more people that die in court gives a bigger chance in succeeding with wishes in passing laws etc.(Goldfarb, Zachary A.).Hatred was now America's favorite pastime.And the Court, of course, was an easy target. Threats, serious ones, against the justices had increased tenfold since 1990. The Supreme Court police had tripled in size. At least two FBI agents were assigned to guard each justice, and another fifty were kept busy investigating the threats.(Grisham 2) He was the only legend remaining on the Court, and the fact that he was still breathing irritated most of the mob below.(Grisham 1)A death in office is more important to then you think, now isn’t it? It affects you personally and as a
Corruption itself is not something unknown to the world, and it never was. As the years have progressed, the categories of corruption …show more content…
Those are one of the important positions to fight over, not that they have any control over who gets chosen, that is the president’s job. Deaths in the supreme court are a major impact on how future decisions are made.The supreme court has had deaths in the past, and with those deaths come new responsibilities. These include problems that the newly passed justice has left on, ones that a death brings on, and more(“About the Supreme Court”). To have your personal choice on choosing a justice would help getting more laws passed in that favor. Not to sound harsh but the more people that die in court gives a bigger chance in succeeding with wishes in passing laws etc.(Goldfarb, Zachary A.).Hatred was now America's favorite pastime.And the Court, of course, was an easy target. Threats, serious ones, against the justices had increased tenfold since 1990. The Supreme Court police had tripled in size. At least two FBI agents were assigned to guard each justice, and another fifty were kept busy investigating the threats.(Grisham 2) He was the only legend remaining on the Court, and the fact that he was still breathing irritated most of the mob below.(Grisham 1)A death in office is more important to then you think, now isn’t it? It affects you personally and as a