Examples Of Injustices In The Declaration Of Independence

Those who lived in the thirteen colonies under British rule experienced countless injustices from their leaders across the Atlantic. These repeated offenses finally became too much for the colonists to endure and they were forced to declare their independence from Great Britain. The colonial leaders at the time chose Thomas Jefferson to author this document, which eventually became one of the most iconic texts in American history. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson listed many of the colonist’s grievances against the King of England at the time, King George III and those complaints helped shape the U.S. Constitution and American life. One of the many injustices mentioned by Jefferson was that the King had “dissolved Representative …show more content…
In article three of the U.S. Constitution Madison clearly establishes the Judiciary Branch while he establishes the Supreme Court as the highest court he also allows for states and other “inferior” communities such as cities to establish court systems underneath them. He also complains the king “has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.” This was also fixed in article three of the Constitution when Madison states that a Supreme Court Justice will serve for life in order to avoid them Judging cases based upon anything other then the truth. This Supreme Court has been revolutionary in America’s progression and has judged many cases that have shaped the United States today including the many civil rights such as Brown v. Board of Education and Loving v. Virginia. The court was able to unbiasedly settle these disputes thanks to …show more content…
The Bill of Rights provided the solution to this problem with the sixth amendment by stating that every suspected criminal had the right to “an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” This guaranteed that citizens would be judged by a jury of their peers and not by elitists that would convict innocent people based on the little or no evidence they had. Every time a person is accused of a crime they always have a right to fight the accusation which has saved many innocent people’s lives and will continue to do so for many years to come. The final grievance that was solved by the Bill of Rights was the illegal “Quartering [of] large bodies of armed troops among us.” The third amendment prohibits the quartering of troops without the owners consent as this could lead to a military type rule that the colonists experienced during their lifetimes. This right is underappreciated today however we enjoy its benefits everyday as we now live in a relatively peaceful society free from military occupation in our homes due to our actions such as protesting, which is also protected by the Bill of