More than 1,300 species are listed as either endangered or threatened in the United States under the federal Endangered Species Act ("ESA"). The 51-year old statute has been administered (and abused) by the United States Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, which is in the Department of Commerce. Two other agencies play enormous roles in the "administration" of the ESA...