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   Stephen Sprunk to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: NY Times on Secret Hazardous Materia   
   16 Apr 14 19:04:06   
   
   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.   
      
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