"It is not desirable," wrote Thoreau, "to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right." Many have been influenced by Thoreau's distinction
between what is law and what is right (moral), including Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, President John F. Kennedy, and Supreme Court Justice
William O. Douglas. Your task is to choose an example from history or current events in which a law was seen to conflict with what was right. Develop an
oral argument that might be used in a mock trial to defend someone who has violated such a law. You might investigate war protests, civil rights struggles,
police brutality, or other events.
Divide your argument into three parts:
1. state the law
2. explain why it is not moral
3. offer a solution to resolve the conflict between the law and morality: should the law be abolished or should it be rewritten, and if so, how?