Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

—- Isaiah 5:20

       When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. … you may know that your society is doomed.

—- Francisco d’Anconia, Atlas Shrugged

       The New Deal II (1935-39) continues: Democratic (socialist/fascist) de facto President Franklin Roosevelt, Esq.—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Connally Hot Oil Act, regulating the production of crude oil and providing penalties for excess oil production, and prohibiting the transportation of petroleum across state lines, without the consent of the Federal Petroleum Conservation Board.  A month previous, in Panama Refining v. Ryan, the supreme court of the corporate United states had declared this to be unlawful.

       NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Roosevelt was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].

       [added 7/11/2022] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.