[the invisib1e hand]

Sue OPEC

That's it, NYT, distract us from the real energy market agitator: Russia.

[SampleMan]

What idiocy. Sovereign nations have this thing called “sovereignty”.

So what do we do when OPEC tells our courts to pack sand, go to war for oil?

[pennboricua]

and the Supreme Court can of course enforce their decisions, I might be wrong but I would suspect OPEC would tell them to go pound sand.

[PGR88]

How did sensible men like Reagan and GHW Bush have a guy like this as an advisor? I expect he didn’t get in to see the President very often....

[Turbopilot]

What was it that Andrew Jackson said? "[Chief Justice] John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!"

We could enforce a ruling in such a lawsuit, if we wanted to. But if we intended to go that route we might as well just invade the OPEC nations in the first place and not waste the court's time with the preliminaries.

[Fitzy_888]

The Supreme Court is now their answer to everything.

Which one of the Liberals will serve the summons to Ahmadinejad?

[MCH]

Sure. Produce more oil with lawyers & liberal judges. That’s the ticket. Just like the court system can fight terrorism according to Obamarama.

[Tzimisce]

Sue OPEC?

...they don’t have to provide us oil you know...

[peeps36]

We would be better off suing the politicians who are blocking companies from drilling on American soil. These morons refuse to allow exploration in areas with more oil than Saudi Arabia. I blame them for high oil prices, not OPEC.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The OPEC countries will give the same deference to a US Court decision as the US should give to a World Court decision.

Besides, what can the US Court do outside of US soil? The assets aren’t available seizure, short of open warfare, which isn’t the province of the courts.

[count-your-change]

Sure, Mr. Evans, just go to Saudi Arabia and throw a big ‘ole citizen's arrest on some Sheik. Cuff’im Tommy and drag’em into the docket. Oil prices will drop off but not quicker than your head.

[aShepard]

What total lunacy!

OPEC is like the soup nazi on Seinfeld.

Either you play by his rules, or:

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

Are the RATS really willing to bring western civilization to a standstill once they sue OPEC, and shut off the spiqot??

And then when you’re in the corner, and need to crawl out on your hands and knees, kissing their camels, as you are unwilling to take military action to take over their countries, you just eat more of their shit.

Total stupidity! Total RAT intelligence!

[megatherium]

The supply and demand curves are crossing. No law suit can change that fact.

[Paladin2]

Given the speed of the legal system, there's no reason to do this as it will have no effect for at least 10 years and is no way as sure a thing as drilling ANWAR.

Start drilling NOW!

[KarlInOhio]

I'm still having a hard time figuring out how our laws are supposed to apply to other countries. How would we react if the Saudi Supreme Judicial Council ruled against Anheuser Busch because the production of alcohol is illegal under sharia law? We get worked up over other countries (and our idiots in black robes) trying to apply foreign laws to us.

The biggest thing we could do to harm the Saudis is start poking some holes in our ground and pumping out the oil. The have us by the short hairs because we took off our pants.

[wny]

Can anyone really be this stupid?

[Mr_Moonlight]

THE president of the United States has the power to attack, and perhaps destroy, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the illegal cartel that has driven the price of oil over $130 per barrel. This can be accomplished without invasion or bombing. No special legislation is needed. The president need simply allow the states to seek relief in the Supreme Court under our antitrust laws.

This first paragraph of the NYT article is almost stunning in its willful ignorance ... I don't even know where to start with it.

First off, OPEC may be a cartel, but it isn't 'illegal' in the sense that this article characterizes it. Sure, if OPEC were a US corporation then it would be 'illegal' as a monopolistic price-fixing entity, but it isn't ... OPEC is a globally sovereign cartel, but not simplistically 'illegal' as the Times puts it

Secondly, the NYT states that all of our oil woes can be straightened out by the US Supreme Court, as if OPEC would bow down and cower in shame to such a revered body as the USSC (after all, the USSC gave the NYT their beloved abortion ruling, which is law of the land!, so surely OPEC will too

Thirdly .... oh, never mind ......

[EagleandLiberty]

Sue Opec?? What will that do??

How about sueing the NY Times for pretending to be the best paper in the World. The NY Times is good for lining litter boxes.

[Grandsons of Liberty]

Bush fights a war there and they crucify him for it...Now they’re on top of him for not suing OPEC...Just blame W for all of our problems.

[popdonnelly]

I have a hard time following this author’s line of argument. In any event, if the Supreme Court does have jurisdiction, and I don’t know if it does, why doesn’t a State simply try it and see what happens?