[robertpaulsen]

"And at the end of the day the bureaucrats and regulators at those agencies will do whatever is in their best interest."

The 1st amendment guarantees your right to petition the government for a redress of grievences -- it doesn't guarantee they will be redressed.

[tacticalogic]

The 1st amendment guarantees your right to petition the government for a redress of grievences -- it doesn't guarantee they will be redressed.

A situation the beltway bureaucracies fine rather too convenient, IMHO. I find it telling that the some of the most vocal and virulent critics of "states rights" efforts are current or former long term federal employees.