Vermont may hang up on phone investigation

What's the point in even dividing the country into states anymore, when an overbearing, authoritarian federal government dictates everything the states can do? (Even the notion of the U.S. being divided into states is a misconception, as the country is supposed to be a creation of the states - not the other way around.)

The state of Vermont now says it may end its probe of Verizon and AT&T for their role in Bush's illegal wiretapping program. The state's Public Service Department says this is because of the new federal law giving phone companies retroactive immunity for their lawbreaking.

Um? What???

The Constitution doesn't authorize the federal government to make states halt investigations against corporations that broke the law. States clearly have the constitutional power to rein in lawbreaking companies like this.

If I was Vermont, I'd just continue the investigation.

Must be great being a corporation. Only corporations can break the law and help subvert the Constitution and get retroactive immunity for it.

(Source: http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/81718)