Dear ReaderPhilosophy of Government II
Malik Cooper
Period 6-7
In the iDeal Society citizens tried to get rid of the iChip. Doing this the citizens used the right to petition in order to get the government to recognize that the citizens wanted to stop the production of the iChip. Then the citizens tried to the right to protest because the petitioning was not working. The Constitution does not always resolve conflict because our petitions and protest were violated. The surprise of Citizen Malik Cooper dying of the iChip was a very big upper hand for the citizens. This caused Apple vs. Cooper.
Citizens used 1st amendment right of petition. The reason for this is because the Executive Branch was violating our 4th amendment. Unreasonable searches were being conducted because they were tracking people with the iChip. Police were arresting citizens protesting in order to make the protesters quit. Police did this because bombings had been acquiring. People against the iChip were bombing places. The president assumed it would be the people petitioning. People were being arrested illegally, but it was uncertain if they were part of the terrorist group.
The people also used protesting. People were also arrested for that too. Kameko was arrested when the police had no right to arrest her. She might have been a terrorist, but they didn’t know that. She was arrested for protesting, and she was being held indefinitely. The police was violating the 5th amendment of not being held indefinitely. Kameko could have fought back because she was being held with no limit. She was not using the Constitution effectively. That doesn’t really matter because in Article II, Section I, the president must swear to protect and defend the Constitution. President Mink has not been doing that when people were being arrested for petition and protest.
The death of Malik Cooper was the biggest surprise. Information went out and people said he died because the iChp. Apple of course had their own opinion of how Malik Cooper died. Apple CEO said, “ Malik Cooper died of a brain tumor that went unnoticed.” Cooper took advantage and sued Apple for his death. Based on the law the Jury ruled Apple not guilty of Malik Cooper’ s death. They should have based their judgement on law and facts.
That is why Apple won that case. This case might have been lost, but it did open up Apple’s eyes to make the iChip better. Cooper family had the right to sue because of Article III.
In our efforts people tried to get rid of the iChip. Some citizens used petition others used protest then there was Apple vs. Cooper. We even had some terrorist to try to intimidate Apple. The President did notice a little. The Executive Branch did settle the dispute in court. Even though these 3 events petition, protest, and Apple vs. Cooper were not completely successful, but these actions did make a difference. It opened Apple’s sight of things. It gave them sight of improving the iChip. Still I think the Constitution does not resolve conflict. That is if it is not used effectively. The Constitution was just ignored by the Executive Branch. That proved the Constitution doesn’t always work.