"Alotta Fagina" wrote in message
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If, after a natural disaster, the oil companies were unable to resume
production in the Gulf and the fuel was needed for military purposes,
would the government be obliged to offer financial assistance or, more
constitutionally, nationalize the oil companies?

Strawman hypotheticals - another act of surrender.

Go find some transcripts of Supreme Court sessions, in which hypotheticals
are used constantly to better understand the law. Gene's was similar, and of
high quality. Your trashing it is an act of surrender.