In fact, some of the nation’s and world’s most successful campaigns for change have been conducted without ever violating existing laws. One recent example of such a campaign is the women’s marches that took place all across America on the twenty-first of January. Researchers estimate that the march attracted between three and five million Americans from California to Washington D.C. (Darrow). Moreover, a poll by the Washington Post shows that 40% of Democratic women plan to become more active in politics in the wake of the marches, as well as many people of different genders and political identities (Clement). In short, protests that do not involve active resistance to existing laws can have a strong effect on a free