Within these paragraphs, Dr. King describes two different kinds of laws. He describes a just law as “a code that a majority compels a minority to follow, and that is willing to follow itself”. He describes an unjust law as “a code that the majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself”. He uses each definition in order to further his overall argument. Basically, King believes in a law that was higher than a man-made law. As citizens of the U. S., according to Dr King, we should submit to just laws. “He states “one has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws”. He also states that “one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws”. According to him, unjust laws are no laws at all. Dr. King is mainly
