Foundations of Freedom

"Economic necessity cannot justify a disregard of Constitutional guarantee" Riley vs. Carter, 79 ALR 1018; 16 Am.Jur. (2nd), Const. Law, Sect. 81.

"Constitutional Rights cannot be denied simply because of hostility to their assertions and exercise; vindication of conceded Constitutional Rights cannot be made dependent upon any theory that it is less expensive to deny them than to afford them" Watson vs. Memphis, 375 US 526.

"No public policy of a state can be allowed to override the positive guarantees of the U.S. Constitution" 16 Am.Jur. (2nd), Const. Law, Sect. 70. "We have repeatedly held that the legislature may regulate the use of the highways for carrying on business for private gain and that such regulation is a valid exercise of the police power. The act in question is a valid regulation, and as such is binding upon all who use the highway for the purpose of private gain" Northern Pacific R.R. Co., supra.

"As general rule men have natural right to do anything which their inclinations may suggest, if it be not evil in itself, and in no way impairs the rights of others" Re Newman (1858), 9 C. 502.

"First, it is well established law that the highways of the state are public property, and their primary and preferred use is for private purposes, and that their use for purposes of gain is special and extraordinary which, generally at least, the legislature may prohibit or condition as it sees fit" Frost and F. Trucking Co. vs. Railroad Commission, 271 US 592; Railroad commission vs. Inter-City Forwarding Co., 57 SW.2d 290; Parlett Cooperative vs. Tidewater Lines, 164 A. 313.