In a later episode, ' A Head in the Polls', a presidential election is held. In a case of mistaken identity, McNeal is vaporized by invading Omicronians. The President of Earth is introduced in the episode ' When Aliens Attack', in the person of President McNeal. In ' Into the Wild Green Yonder', Leela and her environmentalist cohorts are convicted of various crimes because, while all five female justices vote to acquit, each female justice has only half a vote as the crimes committed were gender-related. Abe Vigoda was also a member of the Court. Myrtle Fu, a female judge who resembles Judge Judy, was the last non-head in jar Justice at the Supreme Court. Supreme Court during the 1990s, like Scalia, Thomas or Ginsburg, while the other members are singers or actresses such as Björk or Katey Sagal (who voices Leela). The current Chief Justice is Snoop Dogg while the other members of the Supreme Court are several preserved, jar heads of the members of the U.S. According to Richard Nixon's head, the Earth's Supreme Court is the 'one place where the Constitution doesn't mean squat'.

Supreme Court has become the Earth's Supreme Court. This reflects several controversies surrounding the desecration of the American flag. In the episode ' A Taste of Freedom', Doctor Zoidberg eats the flag, causing an interplanetary incident. 'Old Freebie', the name of Earth's flag, contains the thirteen stripes of the Flag of the United States and the Grand Union Flag but instead of the 50 stars or the Union Flag in the canton it has a picture of the globe, with North and South America prominently centered. states, for example, have survived into the 31st century, including 'New New York', 'New New Jersey', ' Nukevada', 'Penn Republic' and 'Sylvania'. It is not clear how much power the countries actually have in the Earthican government, though it appears that remnants of many U.S. Each member appears to remain individual, sending their own representative to the UN and maintaining many of their own cultures and languages, but also show evidence of multiculturalism (France now speaks English and French is apparently a dead language, for example). (the UN New York Offices appear in 'When Aliens Attack'), headed by the Earth President. In the episodes ' When Aliens Attack' and ' Anthology of Interest II' there is evidence that the Countries of Earth are still bound to the U.N. In the episodes ' The Day the Earth Stood Stupid' and ' A Head in the Polls' third parties mentioned include the 'Rainbow Whigs', 'Antisocialists', the 'Voter Apathy Party', 'Reform Party', the 'Green Party', 'Brain Slug Party', 'Dudes for the Legalation of of Hemp', 'Bull Space Moose Party', 'National Ray-Gun Association', 'People for the Ethical Treatment of Humans', and 'One Cell, One Vote'.Ĭitizens of Earth are referred to as 'Earthicans'. This united government has many similarities to the present-day United States' political system its capital is Washington, D.C., it is a two-party system of the 'Fingerlican' and 'Tastycrat' parties with a number of inconsequential third parties, the government is headed by a president, and there are references to a constitution and an expanded bill of rights. The most significant change in global politics presented in Futurama's view of the 31st century is that the whole of Earth is governed by a single united government.

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