The options of the question are, A) The Court would balance power equally between business and government. B) The Court would make decisions that favored corporations over individuals. C) The Court would outlaw foreign contributions. D) The Court would make more democratic decisions.
The correct answer is B) The Court would make decisions that favored corporations over individuals.
If the United States began as suggested by the cartoon, the Court would make decisions that favored corporations over individuals.
The cartoon shows the members of the Court in sesion and behind them, there are members of the corporations that are saying out loud “Scratch. We the people. Make it We the anonymous corporate donors, untraceable foreign contributors, and assorted billionairies.
That is an ironic cartoon showing that if the U.S. Constitution began like that, the Court would have to make decisions that favored corporations over individuals.
