political
Is Civil disobedience ever defensible in a court even if the laws are constitutional?
<p>Has civil disobedience ever successfully been a defence in a court of law despite the accused's acts being completely unlawful and the law being constitutional ? what leads to a successful civil disobedience defence ?</p>

<p>There is not a civil disobedience defense in a court of law.</p>
<p>When you engage in civil disobedience, you accept the fact that you may face criminal sanctions and do so anyway out of your commitment to the cause.</p>
<p>A judge could take your civil disobedience motive as an aggravating factor, a mitigating factor, or could ignore it, in the sentencing phase following a conviction for a crime motivated by civil disobedience. An executive branch official might also consider this motive when evaluating whether to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted of a crime intended as civil disobedience.</p>
