The word just can be defined as “acting or being in conformity with what is morally upright or good”(Just). By this definition, a just government is a government that acts for the good of the people and is morally upright. A just government is one that follows and applies its own laws consistently for all participants. If this definition was valid, the government created by the Constitution of the United States is not just. The constitution created a republican government with three branches and two houses. By doing this it tried to divide power and represent people. It did manage to do the dividing power part, but it failed miserably in representing people which is what makes it unjust. Although the constitution tried to ensure fairness by
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At the time, women did not have basic rights until women’s rights advocates began working in the 1840s, and the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in 1923. Even though this happened, women representation in the government or in political bodies was and still is barely anything. This is mainly because of two reasons. Firstly there is no gender quota in the original constitution or in any amendment. This means that the constitution did not make it necessary to have equal women representation in government because women did not have many rights and were considered to be accountable to their husbands. In 2008, Bolivia passed a constitutional amendment requiring equal gender representation in government. It’s government is now 53.1% women and ranks second in the world. In the United States, it is currently around 20%. Imagine if a law like this was passed in the United States. Life would be different due to the equal representation of women. The second reason why there isn’t adequate women representation in the government is incumbency. “On average, about 89% of house members run for reelection -- and 97% are reelected. This means that every election cycle, about 86% of seats are already taken”(Kliff) This is clearly unjust since more than 80% which is even more than ¾ of the House is reelected. This means that opinions and ideas are repeated and …show more content…
The US Constitution created three branches, the executive, the legislative and the judicial. These branches are independent but have actions they can take to ensure that the other two don’t misuse their power. Power was divided between houses and each house checked every other house so that there would be no excessive power. (Evidence)Due to this, the three branches have a balance between governmental power. The system of checks and balances tried to create a better government for the people by ensuring that no branch of the government had excessive power. It succeed in the way that it established a functional government but it did not create a just
At the time, women did not have basic rights until women’s rights advocates began working in the 1840s, and the Equal Rights Amendment was introduced in 1923. Even though this happened, women representation in the government or in political bodies was and still is barely anything. This is mainly because of two reasons. Firstly there is no gender quota in the original constitution or in any amendment. This means that the constitution did not make it necessary to have equal women representation in government because women did not have many rights and were considered to be accountable to their husbands. In 2008, Bolivia passed a constitutional amendment requiring equal gender representation in government. It’s government is now 53.1% women and ranks second in the world. In the United States, it is currently around 20%. Imagine if a law like this was passed in the United States. Life would be different due to the equal representation of women. The second reason why there isn’t adequate women representation in the government is incumbency. “On average, about 89% of house members run for reelection -- and 97% are reelected. This means that every election cycle, about 86% of seats are already taken”(Kliff) This is clearly unjust since more than 80% which is even more than ¾ of the House is reelected. This means that opinions and ideas are repeated and …show more content…
The US Constitution created three branches, the executive, the legislative and the judicial. These branches are independent but have actions they can take to ensure that the other two don’t misuse their power. Power was divided between houses and each house checked every other house so that there would be no excessive power. (Evidence)Due to this, the three branches have a balance between governmental power. The system of checks and balances tried to create a better government for the people by ensuring that no branch of the government had excessive power. It succeed in the way that it established a functional government but it did not create a just