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Ahh, now I understand. I took your comment to be a misunderstanding of what Libertarians were about. And the "holy scriptures we know as the Constitution" is most decidedly not it. If that misconception is out there, then I'm glad to help dispel it.

FDR started a drift away from the Constitution that has continued until today there is very little correspondence between that document and the government that actually exists. Since the Constitution is more libertarian than the current government, reverence for the document (and for the rule of law) can be used in an attempt to move the government in a libertarian direction. This may explain the arguments you are getting.

I think respect for our Constitution overlaps the Libertarian and Republican parties. The conservative wings of both parties value it. On the Libertarian side, the anarcho-capitalists don't, very much. (I once brought up a Constitutional point, and one of them said, "So what, I didn't sign it.") And Republicans have the RINOs.

The rule of law is important, and should not be disregarded for trifling causes, but there are higher values. What if the People decided to amend the Constitution make legal the extermination of the Jews. Would you go along? Elevating that document to your HIGHEST value would be a mistake.