What are students' reactions to the controversy surrounding Proposition 187 in California? A high school principal refused to comply with the law because he considered it unethical. The text supplies several bullet points responding to the principal's statements. With which argument(s) do students agree, and why?
a) Those who believe that the principal has the right to ignore a law he regards as unethical should consider this: Suppose a state law requires a home seller to notify any potential buyer of serious hidden defects, such as a cracked foundation. A seller regards the law as an immoral interference with his right to dispose of property. Must he obey the law?
b) Those who believe that the principal has no right to ignore a law he regards as unethical should consider whether there are any laws they would not obey. Ask them to imagine being a school principal in the South in the early 1950s: would they have enforced racial segregation because it was the law?