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Yes and no. The TSA does have to respond to the comments, but can simply reaffirm the proposed rule without changes after the comment period. On the other han
by jdp23 14y ago
Yes and no. The TSA does have to respond to the comments, but can simply reaffirm the proposed rule without changes after the comment period. On the other hand, a loud public outcry in comments can lead to changes -- both from the regulatory agency and in Congress (by highlighting a vote-winning issue). There have been a couple of very successful civil liberties commenting campaigns (Know Your Customer, although it eventually got introduced via the Patriot Act; and Stop Real ID, which involved a very similar coalition to the one that's likely to be getting involved here).
- gergles 14y agoKYC was implemented for everything, including prepaid credit cards. Real ID is very real; basically every state is now a member of the DMVPP and passes data freely, including to Canada and Mexico. How exactly did comment campaigns do anything? I agree with the GP, the whole exercise is a farce. TSA will have the same guy that writes the condescending "pat pat You don't understand why the grownups want to do this" responses to the We The People petitions respond to all of these comments invoking 9/11 and how the world has changed and how sometimes you just have to accept unpleasant things.