I suppose conservatives ought to countenance generalized disobedience to law only when the system simply is not open to change in the normal course and according to the Constitution. This is easier said than identified in practice. Many would argue, and find me supporting them, that the present situation of one party elitist governing through massive enabling legislation of unelected bureaucrats has crossed that line.
But we must be wary of selective definitions, for example, I opposed the occupy movement as much for its ends as for its means.
Although I had not thought of it in precisely in the terms which you point out, I have frequently argued on these threads that we are unlikely to see a successful Article V movement without some sort of "black Swan" event which alters conventional thinking and bestirs the great American public to enact actual reform. So I guess we should pursue Article V reform even though success is unlikely until history comes to vindicate us. This is, after all, the way the left has operated for decades and they have succeeded brilliantly in getting their way.
