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Assignment: In the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr

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Assignment: In the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., expresses his disappointment in other clergy and offers a defense of his approach to civil rights. For this assignment, answer the following questions about the Letter:

1. How does King defend direct action and how does he justify breaking the law? Explain.
2. How does King respond to claims that he is “extreme” and why does he question his “optimism?”

About: No more than 2 pgs, double spaced times new roman, 11 point font. Prefers papers that are straight to the point but have clear transitions. I have provided the document below. Should only be two paragraphs long to answer the questions. If you have any questions feel free to contact me anytime.

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1.Summary statement(SS). 2.Funnel transition to the first question. 3.Answer to the first question. 4.Text support.

5.Answer to the second question 6.Text support

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1.Transition sentence(TS). 2.Answer to the question. 3.Text support. 4.Answer to the question. 5.Text support

Student ID#1234567 January 9, 2021 In Chapter 1 of How to Read the Constitution and Why, author Kim Wehle explains how to make sense of the Constitution’s sections and how to interpret its language. One of the areas she considers are what she terms the two axes of constitutional law. For the first axis, the rightsbased axis, she claims that readers need to understand how individuals can raise a claim regarding their rights. She states that there needs to be a “cause of action” for someone to go to a court and states that there needs to be a clear violation of the law. Wehle writes that “people can’t just run to a judge and gripe about anything that bothers them; there has to be a law stating that a certain complaint amounts to something that gives rise to a legitimate legal claim in court” (Wehle, p. 36). Wehle then explains the second axis, the structure-based axis, by comparing the government the Constitution creates to Zappos. According to Wehle, Zappos did not have a structure with a hierarchy which “bred confusion because people weren’t sure what they were supposed to do” (Wehle, p. 39). The Constitution, on the other hand, has system with a clear separation of powers. Wehle points out, “Unlike under Zappos holacracy, there are hierarchies within each branch of government, and everyone at the top of each branch gets a boss: the other two branches” (Wehle, p. 40). Later in the chapter, Wehle turns her attention to the powers that it allocates to the branches of government and where these come from. She continues her discussion of the separation of powers by considering the relationship between the Congress and the president. She points out that although the president has executive power, the Congress is able to direct that power by way of the Necessary and Proper Clause. She offers, “Congress, therefore, makes the laws that the executive branch must take care to faithfully execute, and the president is at the helm of the executive branch” (Wehle, p. 46). Wehle then explains where the power of government ultimately resides. She points to Federalist Paper No. 37 and states that “our republican government can only exercise delegated powers that are channeled from the people through the Constitution” (Wehle, p. 52).