were not hired, fired, not promoted, or did not receive equal pay. The right to an abortion was fought and won by women. As one of the most important trial cases of the 20-century this case shows that changing views of the courts and of society. The case was decided on the facts of the case not outside influence like religion or sexism. Women have amplified their place in our society and a lot of that has to do with the fact that courts are blind to race and sex. I spoke to a lawyer names Randy Cooper from New Hampshire. He is a well-respected lawyer in the community and is soon to be judge in the state. We discussed some of the ideas that I stated in this paper and asked for his legal opinion on what I said. He first commented on the idea of lawyers using sex and race as a smoke screen for the facts. He told me that it is the job of the judge to determine if the questions that a lawyer of asking are relevant to the case. He also said that sometimes sexism and racism come into a case by this means. Mr. Cooper believes that if racism or sexism comes into a criminal case it is because there is some relevance to the facts of the case. Mr. Cooper would not disagree with what I had said nor would he agree with my statement that law is fundamentally not sexist. He broke down my argument with a question. He asked me that if law is not sexist or racist why is it that we have outcomes that clearly show sexism. He said that system is the system and we are all players of the system. Mr. Cooper said the real test for law is in its application. This is where he finds flaws with law. Even though the law might not be sexist its application is. This much Mr. Cooper and I agree on, but he continues to say that if the application is sexist then law is sexist. He defines law as the process from breaking the crime to going to jail and at any point in between the criminal comes across any form of sexism or racism than the system has fai...
