[only1percent]

The Founders would totally reject the notion that something like abortion law could justify revolution, which they saw as a last-ditch recourse to solve problems that the political system cannot, and which even when successful ought to disrupt as little of the prior legal and social regime as possible.

The political and legal mechanism to overcome abortion rights has existed for the same 36 years as has Roe vs. Wade, including turnover of all 9 seats on the Supreme Court (two seats having turned over twice, counting Souter - Sotomayor). If the American people actually opposed abortion to any meaningful extent, abortion would be illegal now. It so happens that there is a sizable constituency that talks about disliking abortion, but the fraction who acts in reliance on that talk is much smaller. Even with 55 Republican Senators, Sam Alito had to pretend to be neutral on Roe. Sotomayor sure doesn't have to do so, any more than Ginsberg did 16 years ago.

And even if you want to pursue the revolutionary analogy further, the Founders conspicuously organized, and published a manifesto declaring the legal and moral basis why they were no longer bound by British law. Where is the radical pro-life movement's equivalent, with its signatories publicly identified -- ready to hang together or hang separately?

The founders than proceeded to defend that manifesto by way of revolution in accordance with the law of war -- which certainly did not involve killing civilian British administrators, no manner how actively engaged in carrying out noxious colonial polities.

[mike182d]

The Founders would totally reject the notion that something like abortion law could justify revolution

Curious to know why you think that, given that the right to life is a liberty the Founding Fathers said could not be denied by a Government in their Declaration of Independence from Britain.

The Founders believed that we are a nation of laws, not men. There is a Law higher than man, and therefore, no man can has the authority to deny the right given him by his Creator. No Government has the authority to permit murder.

[muawiyah]

British civil administrators were frequent targets. Don’t know where you got the idea they weren’t. In the end they all shipped out to England and their friends went to New Brunswick.

[Kansas58]

please study a group called:

“Sons of Liberty”

You need a history lesson!