In lines 37-41, the speaker equates the Civil Rights Act with the Constitution and the principles of freedom and morality through his use of

Generally speaking, conscience is understood as the voice that every sane person carries within herself or himself that tells right from wrong, regardless of the law or the opinions of people around her or him. ... morality presumes that we have the ability to determine what is right and wrong, independently of the law.

i would like to compare these two interpretations of the crucible : 1) eric christ's interretation and wade bradford's interpretation. the main differences between there interretaions is that in the first one you can notice direct link to joseph mccarthy whereas the second one represents how the town is filled with hysteria.the second interpretation shows that author believes that the story   about puritan town in salem is based on actual events while the first example shows the sencible reference to sort of bias.