Professor of philosophy tries to discover foundation of political authority, unsuccessfully.
There seems to be no foundation of "government" authority whatsoever -- neither legal nor philosophical.
Liberty on the Rocks Denver hosted Professor Huemer in the summer of 2012 at Choppers Sports Grill.
In this 30-minute talk followed by plenty of Q & A, Prof. Huemer discusses the problems with political authority and the "social contract" (i.e. the Constitution) as they relate to freedom. His discussion is based off his book, The Problem of Political Authority. Check out his website to learn more: https://spot.colorado.edu/~huemer/
Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and author of "The Problem of Political Authority" 2013 (Amazon).
His web site is here: http://owl232.net/