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Conservatism Is The Antidote To Tyranny Precisely Because Its Principles Are The Founding Principles.

The Statist Deflects Public Scorn For The Consequences Of His Own Central Planning By Blaming The Very Industry He Is Sabotaging For Supply Dislocations And Price Hikes.

Government, Not The Oil Industry, Is The Biggest 'profiteer' From Oil. And It Uses The Tax Revenue To Expand Its Own Authority At The Expense Of The Individual, As It Does With An Endless Number Of Other Industries - Including Electric Power, Coal, Lumber, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Aircraft, And Agriculture. The Statist's Intrusion To The Free Market Is Boundless.

Today, No Less Than Five Supreme Court Justices Are On Record, Either Through Their Opinions Or Speeches (or Both), That They Will Consult Foreign Law And Foreign-court Rulings For Guidance In Certain Circumstances. Of Course, Policymakers Are Free To Consult Whatever They Want, But Not Justices. They're Limited To The Constitution And The Law.

To Be True To Its Constitutional Role, The Supreme Court Should Refuse To Be Drawn Into Making Public Policy, And It Should Strike Down Legislation Only When A Clear Constitutional Violation Exists. When Judicial Activists Resort To Various Inventions And Theories To Impose Their Personal Views On Privacy And Liberty, They Jeopardize The Legitimacy Of The Judiciary As An Institution And Undermine The Role Of The Other Branches Of Government.