In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel.
The income divide and excesses of the rich during the Gilded Age caused "widespread corruption" and a rise of a "counter culture" in the arts that challenged the status quo.
The drawbacks would be that many would be excused from harsh punishment as they will be fined in proportion to their case; and by Earls and Barons being fined only by their class, it allows those classes to get away with their actions whenever they do something to a lower class. The benefits would be the same as the drawbacks, less punishment and the ability to get away with crimes.
This is a Chicano organization resembling the Black Panthers which means they were militant, focused and knew what they were fighting for. They are not as well known as perhaps they should be.
