1. According to MLK, how can we tell the difference between just and unjust laws? 
    Just laws are ones that treat everyone as equal and are moral, prohibiting discrimination between people. Unjust laws are ones that create division amongst people, benefitting one group over the other.
  2. In your view, is this an important distinction (between just and unjust laws), do you think it makes a difference in the way someone (as an individual, or our society as a whole) lives their lives? Can it affect our politics?
    I believe that this distinction is essential, as it does bring awareness that not ever law is morally just, because it is the letter of the law. Unjust laws have been used to segregate and benefit a certain group of people, just laws have been used to counteract those, and protect freedom and rights. This distinction affects politics because it allows individuals to think about the unfair and fair laws that have been created, and speak up for what they believe can be reformed.
  3. Based on our discussion of Question 1, give an example each, of an unjust and just law, in the US today. Explain what makes it unjust or just (using MLK’s definition of those two types of laws).
    A just law is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited racial, religious, sexual discrimination, this law allowed for equality and protected the rights of citizens. Unjust law like the Jim Crow laws allowed for segregation among races, African Americans were not given equal treatment compared to their white American counterparts, meaning this is unjust.

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