The Primary Purpose of the U.S. Legal System

The U.S legal system's primary purpose is to ensure fairness in balancing individual and societal rights and needs; however, without a good lawyer, a victim might experience unjust eviction. American justice today does not mobilize Americans of their legal rights and potential claims. This creates a distance between the objectives in the American legal system and the rights of the people hence promoting inequality. "Fairness" is best served by an adversarial system in which the best lawyer often wins the case because most Americans are unaware of their legal rights in a case. The design of justice provides unequal access to people of different socioeconomic classes; this causes unjust judgment in a court case. "While all states provide a right to counsel for at least a few types of civil cases, most parties in civil cases that involve high stakes and human needs, such as housing, do not have a right to representation" (Harr et al., 2014). Although the American constitution is responsible for ensuring fairness, people living in poverty do not get legal assistance. The wealthy group who can afford to pay for good lawyers always win court cases leaving the vulnerable people with no means of defending themselves. Additionally, the latter avoids presenting their cases in court due to the unfair justice system in America. The justice gap equally affects people of color, LGBT, and people with disabilities. For instance, when there is a particular case that involves housing, and the judge decides eviction, there are no costs involved because the government will not spend on assisting the victim in the case. Therefore, the U.S legal system predicts judgment based on socioeconomic classes hindering the vulnerable group from taking their issues to court. The U.S legal system does not oblige with its primary objective of ensuring fairness to Americans because it denies people living in poverty legal assistance hence causing inequality. The vulnerable groups who cannot afford to pay a lawyer to avoid presenting their cases in court due to the country's type of justice system. Therefore, these people need to have a representative who can stand up and recognize their legal rights. 

Reference 

Harr, J. S., Hess, K. M., Orthmann, C. H., & Kingsbury, J. (2014).  Constitutional l aw and the criminal justice system . Cengage Learning.