From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 16-Apr-14 12:50, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> conklin  wrote:
>> I get the hard copy myself.  And the article does state that
>> Federal laws shield the railroads from local supervision and this
>> includes, importantly, decisions on routing of hazadous materials.
>
> The article used a scary word that got you all in a tissy. It's not a
> shield. There's a body of law going back centuries called "negative
> commmerce clause" which prevents states and their subdivisions from
> interfering in interstate commerce.

The PATRIOT Act also made a lot of such stuff secret on the theory that
if hazmat routes are publicly known, terrorists might use it.

Since containers are clearly marked, though, a terrorist can just hang
out nearby and trigger his bomb when an interesting one comes by.  Oops.

S

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