May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor.....

On March 22 I had the opportunity to view the first movie in The Hunger Games Trilogy.  The movie made quite the grand entrance making close to $155 million dollars opening weekend.  I have read all three books and loved them.  Now how does this related to Constitutional Law, I may be stretching the relation but it makes sense in my head.  In the Trilogy you journey with a character who volunteers in place of her young sister to compete in the 74th Annual Hunger Games.  In the Hunger Games the players compete to the death, it is survival of the fittest. 2 people are chosen from different districts.  Each district is like a social class if you will.  Coal, Agriculture, Livestock, Textiles, Lumber, etc., are the many livelihoods of each district that are controlled by the Capital.   To maintain control and balance the Capital keeps the districts in extreme poverty and hosts the Hunger Games to maintain said control.  Throughout the Trilogy the characters realize the control the Capital has and uprisings occur to establish a world where no Hunger Games exist and equality is present.

In modern day America we have the Constitution, specifically Article 1 outlines the duties and limitations of the branches of government as well as the state and federal governments.  Without these provisions could a scenario like the Hunger Games be possible?  As inhuman it is I guess it could be possible, a totalitarian society  The more and more I think about the protection the Constitution provides to form a more perfect union, the more I am a strong believer in the words it contains.  It has more purpose than any of us could ever analyze.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/opinion/seymour-hunger-games-john-carter/index.html