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14 J. Race Gender & Poverty 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/jrgenpo14 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF RACE, GENDER & POVERTY VOLUME XIV CONSTITUTIONAL SCHIZOPHRENIA: Don't Believe the Anomaly, Ramos is an Illusion! By: Lilian Berry* Introduction Our mission was, in the first place to establish the supremacy of the white race in this State to the extent to which it could be legally and constitutionally done. -Judiciary Committee Chairman Thomas Semmes' Imagine this, after weeks of cross-examinations, motions, and objections, you are sitting before a judge and twelve jurors, awaiting results that will ultimately determine your fate--and life. Twelve strangers have formulated an opinion about facts in your case, ten of which have determined your guilt. Coincidentally, the two who voted in the minority, not believing the argument of the state, are the only jurors who looked like you. Unfortunately, Thedrick Edwards found himself in this very predicament.2 Further, unlike Evangelisto Ramos, Edwards will serve the remainder of his life in prison due to the incomplete ruling of Ramos.3 The United States judicial system was constructed in a manner that decentralized the monarchy's governmental and judicial control and returned the power to the people. Such power is vested in systems like unanimous juries. This ultimately capitalizes on the power in plurality. The United States Supreme Court has a long history of inconsistency. As times change and the public's agenda shifts, the judicial framework subsequently adapts to the needs and social priorities of the times. This contributes to inconsistent rulings, judgments, and opinions as a matter *J.D. Candidate, Southern University Law Center. 1 John Simerman & Gordon Russell, In Louisiana's Split-Verdict Rule, White Supremacist Roots Maintain Links to Racist Past, THE ADVOCATE (Apr. 7, 2018, 11:00 PM), https://www.theadvocate.com/baton rouge/news/courts/article_35e1664a-38ed-11e8-89d7-1ff0a664198b.html (quoting an excerpt from the Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Louisiana) (internal quotations omitted). 2 Edwards v. 1Vannoy, 141 S. Ct. 1547 (2021). 3 Ramos v. Louisiana, 140 S. Ct. 1390 (2020).