The Constitution did not establish a just government. The Constitution was built on a one-sided view of everything and not everyone got the right input they needed to make sure everyone had equal rights from this document.
The Constitution was made from a biased point of view, it was heavily democratically made and that was not so good for many individuals because not everyone's values and beliefs were put into this so it was made equal. For example, James Madison in source b states “ Mr. Mason, admitted that we had been too democratic, but was afraid we should incautiously run into the other opposite.” This shows that while writing this document there was more of one view put into it than another and that can cause problems because not everyone's point of view of life is the same as others and that can affect people in a negative way. For a paper to be created that all have to follow and it to be totally one-sided is not right at all, it will cause problems and not help people, but actually make life worse for them. For example, the framers said “ The migration or importation of such persons shall not be prohibited by the congress” meaning that there can be migration of people and importation of people and that the Congress can do nothing about it.
They also said, “ No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws therefore, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.” This statement right here enables slavery even though not stated directly it has the implication that if a slave runs away the owner can claim them and bring them back because as a slave they were taken to do work and this is not right to make them go back because then they are not being treated fairly. The Constitution was allowing slavery to continue even though they did not allow it directly in the Constitution they also didn't prevent it or make it illegal but helped it by saying they can claim a person who owes work.
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The government was structured so that the government was equally split, but in some cases, it can affect the government badly. For example “Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approves he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his
Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.” this shows that if a needed bill is going through the checking system and we have a president that thinks it won’t uphold to his personal agenda then he can deny it so it can not be passed as a law.
In conclusion, the Constitution did not set up the government as a just government it was totally one-sided and that didn't help the slaves and enabled slavery to continue, and the powers of the government could be corrupt.
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