Court skipped an opportunity to quote Franklin, since "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty

Court skipped an opportunity to quote Franklin, since "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" actually referred to a legislature entertaining a very similar Faustian bargain (i.e. value now in exchange for perpetual promise to remove responsibility from a family). ... but probably the correct choice, as that was a legislative, not judicial, circumstance and their decision in the time has no bearing on jurisprudence.