[WhiskeyPapa]

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.

False premise.

The sovereignty of the United States rests on the people of the whole United States.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

False premise. The sovereignty of the United States rests on the people of the whole United States.

No. Try non-sequitur. What you say and what you conclude bears no necessary relevance to anything I said.