AH Challenge: Justice Union of America.

What the title says.
What would have to happen (starting from 1900 of course) to change USA to JUA?
Here are some details:
A law-obsessed country, death penalty is something common in every state, there aren't many prisons as the country's policy is "An eye for an eye...".
Thieves have their hands cut off, murderers are executed, etc.
This is also a country obsessed with political correctness, equality and tolerance (for example, racism is punished by many years in prison).
The President and Chief Justice is the same person.

That is all :)

Here you have a flag I made a while ago:

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I only really can think of one thing...

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All Hail the ASB!

Of course I say this because the series of events that would have to happen wouldn't even get half of the stuff here to go the way you want, and I can't think of plausible explanations from that POD or even from its inception for the place to be called that.

Oh, but I do have a prediction on how it turns out...

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ok um I'll give in a shot, the Great Depression is a great mess, the Bonus Army doesn't get anything from Congress and the Bonus Army and MacArthur gets super ugly Washington burns, the White House is hit Hoover is killed, the shook gives Curtis a massive heart attack, next in line Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson is in London at the time, Congress has left to get away from the fight, Chaos reins over DC and the nation, Riots are in almost every major city in the US, MacArthur is shot by an Anarchist during the fighting, Eisenhower takes over and quickly looks for a Civilian to take orders form the only member of the Federal Government left in the City is Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes who takes control, his strong leadership brings America under control by the time President Stimson reaches DC, many Americans feel law and order has broken down, in the lead up to the 1932 election the Rich and Powerful, fearing FDR as a Communist turn to the now power Chief Justice and an angered Colonel Patton, shortly before the election FDR is killed by Giuseppe Zangara(wether this was random act or part of the Coup is unclear) with the death of FDR is was easy for Patton, DuPont, and Hughes to over throw a weak and shell-shocked President and push the coup and Law and Order government changes on the grieving people
 
A few issues here though

the Great Depression is a great mess, the Bonus Army doesn't get anything from Congress and the Bonus Army and MacArthur gets super ugly

Coincidentally, MacArthur did use force to disperse the Bonus Army (well... non-lethal). Plus the Bonus Army were unarmed veterans and their families protesting the lack of reparations for their service in WWI. So the riot that'd ensue would be relatively easy to quash.

Washington burns

By the Bonus Army? Because they and MacArthur's troops would be villainized for going that far.

the White House is hit Hoover is killed, the shook gives Curtis a massive heart attack

Hit with what? If the conflagration got the White House I get it. But would Hoover and Curtis croak? Well, maybe the ill Curtis from the stress of escaping, but Hoover would most likely be evacuated to a safer spot.

next in line Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson is in London at the time, Congress has left to get away from the fight

All of congress? I'll be the first to admit that they'd get out of there ASAP, but in the bedlam the city's going through, they'd have issues in escaping. And if they do... Why can't Hoover?

Chaos reins over DC and the nation, Riots are in almost every major city in the US

The US wasn't Weimar Germany. Plus that's pretty drastic.

MacArthur is shot by an Anarchist during the fighting, Eisenhower takes over and quickly looks for a Civilian to take orders form the only member of the Federal Government left in the City is Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes who takes control,

What about the White House Cabinet? Because they supersede the Chief Justice for a good while. Plus in a dire situation like this? Eisenhower probably wouldn't be the highest ranking officer here, plus he'd take care of the immediate threat to the city first. MacArthur I could see getting shot though.

his strong leadership brings America under control by the time President Stimson reaches DC, many Americans feel law and order has broken down, in the lead up to the 1932 election the Rich and Powerful, fearing FDR as a Communist turn to the now power Chief Justice and an angered Colonel Patton,

Just so you know... it was the Republicans that would probably be beaten even more in this situation where they crack down on the protesters. Oh, and I'll just go and say that Patton would never go into politics.

shortly before the election FDR is killed by Giuseppe Zangara(wether this was random act or part of the Coup is unclear) with the death of FDR is was easy for Patton, DuPont, and Hughes to over throw a weak and shell-shocked President and push the coup and Law and Order government changes on the grieving people

First off, why would Zangara go after FDR? He was going to kill the president, not him. He believed that Hoover was the cause of his problems, and when he died, would probably go after Stimpson instead. Second, Patton was a Captain by this point, and wasn't even in the area at this point. Finally... which DuPont? Because there was more than one of them. Plus seeing as they're trying to kill the constitution, the people probably wouldn't role with it. Better yet, I don't think they would trust a military installed dictatorship with just these events.

You didn't even cover the equality issue and the harsh laws.

There's a reason I went with ASB.
 
How is that a Vlad Tepes?
I'm sure you think it is, but in my opinion, it isn't.
Anyway, thanks guys for at least responding.
 
With the Justice Society of America and the Justice League of America already being well known, the Justice Union of America sounds like a sort of trade union for superheroes and masked vigilantes.
 
I mean, when I read your requirements, the first thing that came to mind was "more Radical USA after they lose the Civil War?"

I don't know, Maybe it is possible after 1900, just...unlikely.

There could be a POD that led to a gigantic crime-wave in 1900s,
that in turn led to more radical and unforgiving law.
Would something like that work?
 
a more Violent Prohibition perhaps?

How about something like that: not only alcohol, but tobacco is banned too.
Also, an incident happens, let's say a man is murdered violently by two police officers for smoking (they didn't want to kill him, but it happened).
This creates mass protests, riots, crime wave etc. Government reacts by declaring martial law.
Military is brought to streets to forcibly bring back peace and silence.
Of course people don't like it at all. Someone then convinces president to fuse the position of Chief Justice and POTUS. So something like President Justice exists.
In what is known later as the "Prohibition Trials", many protesters are sentenced to death for some crimes.
The martial law ends and so do the riots.
Then of course, in 1939, World War II begins.
I don't know how that would affect USA's part in the WW2.
Maybe less people trust government and USA stays isolationist during the war?
But then Pearl Harbor happens...
 
How about something like that: not only alcohol, but tobacco is banned too.
Also, an incident happens, let's say a man is murdered violently by two police officers for smoking (they didn't want to kill him, but it happened).
This creates mass protests, riots, crime wave etc. Government reacts by declaring martial law.
Military is brought to streets to forcibly bring back peace and silence.
Of course people don't like it at all. Someone then convinces president to fuse the position of Chief Justice and POTUS. So something like President Justice exists.
In what is known later as the "Prohibition Trials", many protesters are sentenced to death for some crimes.
The martial law ends and so do the riots.
Then of course, in 1939, World War II begins.
I don't know how that would affect USA's part in the WW2.
Maybe less people trust government and USA stays isolationist during the war?
But then Pearl Harbor happens...

no, that's won't do.

Prohibition moved out of the Prohibition Party and Temperance Movement, and the Production of tobacco is such a big industry in the US, whoever would want to ban smoking would be crazy.
 
That could work.
So, Mafia gets more and more power.
Crime rate is way too high.
So the Law becomes radical.
 
That could work.
So, Mafia gets more and more power.
Crime rate is way too high.
So the Law becomes radical.

and then something happens that forces the government to Crackdown.

It won't have the PC-ness that you OP states, but that could come latter.
that's one possibility, if a bit of a stretch, IMO.
but I do feel a POD before 1900 might work better.
 
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