It's all subjective rationalization for circumvention of the the Constitution. Nothing "Liberal" about it, merely Statist Totalitarianism. The reason it has been successful is that the statists have succeeded in appointing Totalitarians to the Supreme Court, and indoctrinating their sociopathic, statist religion in the Public Schools. Since they've created a situation that cannot be sustained, just like the glorious people's paradise of the Soviet Union, it's only a matter of time. To deny this is to deny Objective Reality.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.