[WhiskeyPapa]

There is no more mention of ‘the right of the government to maintain its own existence’ in Article I, Section 8, than there is of “the government of Washington and Lincoln” in your oath.

And yet, it has done so.

Walt

[Who is John Galt?]

And yet, it has done so.

What "has done so?" The word "government” has replaced "Constitution" in your oath? The word "secession" has replaced "insurrections" in Article I? The “government” has undergone a magical metamorphosis and become “supreme?”

Perhaps – in your mind – all three. ‘By all appearances your oath is worth about as much as a pee behind a tree’...

;>)