THROUGHOUT DONALD TRUMP’S presidency, Lady Justice has often been depicted as a victim of abuse and assault. Some social media users have called his image powerful and brilliant, disturbing and necessary, with one adding: “I can barely breathe myself.”In MacKinnon’s cartoon, blindfolded Lady Justice is shown being pinned by Republican hands, her scales of justice lying on the bed and her mouth covered. “As a cartoonist, I deal in symbols, and Lady Justice is a powerful one,” said MacKinnon, adding that it seemed to him that the Republican members of the committee wanted “to smother justice before it had a chance to be heard.”The artwork is among at least several Kavanaugh/Ford cartoons that have invoked Lady Justice. The cartoon, titled “The Rape of Lady Justice,” depicts four political entities holding her down for South African leader Jacob Zuma. Read more:SCOTUS v. the future: Cartoonists skewer life after Justice Kennedy’s exitWriter of Kavanaugh letter speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault

Source: Washington Post September 30, 2018 00:46 UTC