The Obama Administration acted in contempt by continuing its deepwater drilling moratorium after the policy was struck down, a New Orleans judge ruled.
Interior Department regulators acted with “determined disregard” by lifting and reinstituting a series of policy changes that restricted offshore drilling, following the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, U.S. District Judge, Martin Feldman of New Orleans ruled yesterday.
“Each step the government took following the court’s imposition of a preliminary injunction showcases its defiance,” Feldman said in the ruling.
“Such dismissive conduct, viewed in tandem with the re- imposition of a second blanket and substantively identical moratorium, and in light of the national importance of this case, provide this court with clear and convincing evidence of the government’s contempt,” Feldman said.
President Barack Obama’s administration first halted offshore exploration in waters deeper than 500 feet in May, after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig off the Louisiana coast sparked a subsea blowout that spewed more than 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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[Does this mean the judge could send Obama to jail? -- :-) -- Editor]
Interior Department regulators acted with “determined disregard” by lifting and reinstituting a series of policy changes that restricted offshore drilling, following the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, U.S. District Judge, Martin Feldman of New Orleans ruled yesterday.
“Each step the government took following the court’s imposition of a preliminary injunction showcases its defiance,” Feldman said in the ruling.
“Such dismissive conduct, viewed in tandem with the re- imposition of a second blanket and substantively identical moratorium, and in light of the national importance of this case, provide this court with clear and convincing evidence of the government’s contempt,” Feldman said.
President Barack Obama’s administration first halted offshore exploration in waters deeper than 500 feet in May, after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig off the Louisiana coast sparked a subsea blowout that spewed more than 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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[Does this mean the judge could send Obama to jail? -- :-) -- Editor]
7 comments:
It looks like what we have is a President who ignores the will of the people, the rulings of the courts, the congress, and anyone else he damned well pleases.
A textbook example of a tyrant.
Tyrant - any person in a position of authority who exercises power oppressively or despotically.
Despot - a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
Hmmm...sounds like that Mubarak guy.
I thought the Right had big problems with activist judges making rulings that had nothing to do with the Constitution.
Maybe I heard that wrong.
How was this ruling activist? The judge gave his ruling and the Obama regime decided to ignore the ruling. I guess they are just above the law.
Delmar, it's because the right screams "activist judge" every time there is a decision that they don't like. It's hilarious. Kind of like politicians holding up the CBO as the gold standard when the numbers support their view, then trashing the CBO when they don't.
LG1982.....the left does the same thing. It's politics. That's why you don't put too much stock in the stone throwing escapades. Cry babies are cry babies whether they sport an R or a D next to their names. But don't allow it to convolute the original issue. Obama made an executive decision. The court ruled against it when someone challenged it in court. Obama ignored the ruling. What is it called when one branch of the government totally ignores the system of checks and balances in order to carry out their own agenda? Anyone?
Hey...the verification word is "angers".
What's the fine for contempt of court?
BOb, oh no, don't get me wrong. I bang on both sides. But seeing how this is definetly a conservative leaning audience on this particular blog...
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