Reply from Congressman Emanuel Cleaver concerning Orphan WorksActof 2008

[Chuck]

Luke -Jr wrote:

> People have the right and obligation to break laws that contradict higher 
> laws. Outside of that, the civil government has the right to create whatever 
> laws it wants. 

No, it doesn't. The government has no right to exist. Where does it get 
this authority from? From God? The divine right of government to exist?

If the government supposedly exists by consent of the governed, that 
implies that the "governed" can withdraw their consent, thus implying 
that even arguments for the existence of a state admit that there are 
reasons for the state to not exist.

Chuck