SWS wrote: "He has never and never will take any enforcement action
which requires him or the commission to face off in a legal setting.
That was one of the absolute requirements laid upon him when he assumed
his present position."

Can you explain to me why this was required of him? It doesn't make
any sense to me to tie his hands like that. The explanation that was
offered to me was that the FCC's budget will not allow it, and that
they just don't want to spend any money on ham radio. When the
Commission goes to a hearing before the ALJ, their budget is charged
for the ALJ's proportionate salary and, since the Commission appears by
the U.S. Attorney, there is an inter-agency budget transfer from the
FCC to the U.S. Attorney's office to cover the proportionate salary of
the Assistant U.S. Attorney who represents the Commission. Also, I've
been told that the Assistant U.S. Attorneys are very ambitious and only
want to handle high-profile, important cases in order to get promoted,
and that any Assistant U.S. Attorney who was forced to handle a lowly
ham radio ALJ hearing would become the laughing stock of the office.
Does this sound correct to you?