[Mark Bahner]

"Either put conservatives on the Court..."

You do what you want. *I'll* be working to put libertarians on the court. (If they also happen to be conservatives, that's fine with me.)

"...or get the President and Congress to mitigate the damage done by the court."

The President and Congress have done more damage to the Constitution than the courts have. (Although all three branches have an absolutely miserable record.)

Just look at Congress and Bush's passage of unconstitutional: 1) campaign finance reform, 2) increased federal aid to education, 3) continued federal ownership of land (outside of Washington DC and military bases), 4) over-riding state laws on medical marijuana, and 5) literally hundreds of other things.

"You can't have a flaming renegade court striking down every law in the land..."

This is the difference between libertarians and most conservatives. The Supreme Court (and all the lesser courts) have judges who take an *oath* to follow the Constitution. Since virtually every federal law in the land is unconstitutional, as a libertarian, I *want* the courts to "strike down every law in the land." Social Security. Medicare. Federal funding of education. Federal ownership of forests, national parks, wilderness areas. The Food and Drug Administration. The Drug Enforcement Administration. The federal minimum wage. EVERYTHING that is unconstitutional, I want the courts to strike down. Virtually no conservatives want that. Virtually no conservatives want to return to Consitutional government. (In the federal government, the only one I know about is the honorable Ron Paul.)

"...discovering every perverted right known to man..."

The areas where the courts have invented "perverted rights" are dwarfed by areas where the courts have allowed the Congress and the President to trample on very legitimate rights. Most specifically, our right to be free from federal interference in areas that aren't specifically enumerated in the Constitution (i.e. our rights under the 10th Amendment).

"...and not expect conservatives to react with FEDERAL measures."

I expect conservatives like John Ashcroft and G.W. Bush to behave like fascists any time they see something going on in states that they don't approve of. They have both acted down to my expectations.

[Clump]

(i.e. our rights under the 10th Amendment)

The 10th Amendment (while I am a major supporter of it) does not actually confer any rights on individuals. Except of course the right of the people to govern themselves through their state governments in areas where 1. the federal government has not been granted specific power and 2. states have not been specifically prohibited from exercising power under the Constitution.

If that is what you were talking about then fine, but otherwise the 10th Amendment is primarily a declaration of federalism.