Now that's odd. These all sound like pretty high authorities on the Constitution to me:
These are all sources the Chief Justice is likely to be familar with.
The government has a right simply to maintain its existance. You hate the government and the country, so you quibble.
Walt
...which makes it all the more unusual he would deny that anyone authoritatively answered that question. It's a matter of simple fact, Walt, that the existence of all those quotes violates the generalization made by Rehnquist. The two are contradictory, therefore one of them must not be correct. The validity of those quotes is easy to ascertain, as demonstration of their existence alone is enough to demonstrate that men of great authority on the Constitution have spoken on the issue. Rehnquist's quote, on the other hand, is contingent upon the absence of those statements, therefore the demonstration of even one quote from an authority is enough to render it erronious. Many such authorities have been shown to exist, therefore Rehnquist's quote is in error.
The government has a right simply to maintain its existance.
Not when the act of maintanence itself violates the legitimacy upon which that government previously existed.
You hate the government and the country, so you quibble.
Accuse me of what you desire, Walt, as I cannot stop you from making false assertions. I will note, however, on the subject of America-hating that it was not me who authored the following statements:
"All these deaths of U.S. citizens --the death of EVERY U.S. citizen killed by Arab terror in the United States, can be laid directly at the feet of George Bush I."
SOURCE: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/786927/posts?q=1&&page=401#448
"As you doubtless know, the separation of powers in that Pact with the Devil we call our Constitution, gives only Congress the right to raise and spend money."
SOURCE: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/786927/posts?q=1&&page=401#432
"If you non-U.S. citizens are wondering what the electoral college is and what bunch of ninnies thought it up: The US Constitution was written by rich white men like Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Randolph, and others. They wrote it for the benefit of rich white men like themselves."
SOURCE: soc.history.war.world-war-ii newsgroup
You know who authored each and every one of those statements of contempt for this country, its leaders, and its Constitution? Why yes, Walt. It was you. It was you and you have indicated that you strongly stand by each and every last word of all of those Blame-America-Firster quotes. So if you intend to go around raising challenges to the patriotism of others, you best take a look at your behavior, Walt. You pick specks from the eyes of others while a log protrudes from your own.