Letters

Problems of “Legitimacy”

Editor:

Michael Walzer is in error when he says, “The `Call to resist illegitimate authority’ is . . . misnamed. It is a call to resist the immoral acts of legitimate authorities.” I am astonished that he thinks that political scientists and linguists like Raskin, Chomsky, Waskow, myself, etc. could make such a mistake.

We hold that the actions of the Administration are illegitimate, usurping, and threaten the essence...