Why is she wearing a blindfold?

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Justice#Blindfold

    > Since the 16th century, Lady Justice has often been depicted wearing a blindfold. The blindfold was originally a satirical addition intended to show justice as blind to the injustice carried on before her,[5] but it has been reinterpreted over time and is now understood to represent impartiality, the ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or other status. The earliest Roman coins depicted Justitia with the sword in one hand and the scale in the other, but with her eyes uncovered.[6] Justitia was only commonly represented as “blind” since the middle of the 16th century. The first known representation of blind Justice is Hans Gieng’s 1543 statue on the Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (Fountain of Justice) in Bern.[7]

  2. Ironic since a lot of times justice is applied with regard to wealth power and status ffs every year you hear people get away and these are the reasons .

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