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| Judge tosses Trump executive order, restores Obama drilling ban |
| 2019-04-01 |
| [WASHINGTONTIMES] President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S. judge said in a ruling that restored the Obama-era restrictions. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in a decision late Friday threw out Trump’s executive order that overturned the bans that comprised a key part of Obama’s environmental legacy. Presidents have the power under a federal law to remove certain lands from development but cannot revoke those removals, Gleason said. "The wording of President Obama’s 2015 and 2016 withdrawals indicates that he intended them to extend indefinitely, and therefore be revocable only by an act of Congress," said Gleason, who was nominated to the bench by Obama. A Department of Justice front man, Jeremy Edwards, declined comment Saturday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 This one is going to get dumped on appeal - except for the problem that the appeals court is the 9th Circus. Obama appointee, naturally. The reasoning is exceptionally stupid, that a president has the power to do A, but not the power to un-do A, via executive branch powers under the Constitution. Let's see them hold this up for something Trump does the next time a Demo is in office. Guaranteed it doesn't work. This is just another imperial judge. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2019-04-01 22:44 |
| #10 Congress is considered 'sovereign' which means that the current Congress can never restrict what a future Congress might do. Can't imagine any rationale for saying that principle does not also apply to presidents. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2019-04-01 12:43 |
| #9 Presidents have the power under a federal law to remove certain lands from development but cannot revoke those removals, Gleason said. If there was a precedent for this, she should've mentioned it; otherwise its reversal is a layup for Trump. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-04-01 10:27 |
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| Posted by: Angeth Elmomotle6502 2019-04-01 10:09 |
| #7 If we had a real party, we could remove these wanna be tyrants. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-04-01 10:02 |
| #6 Black robed tyrant strikes again. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-04-01 08:29 |
| #5 Any rational reason why judges sit for life? They're just hacks like the rest of the political class. How dare they call this a republic. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-04-01 07:38 |
| #4 i believe besoeker calle this one |
| Posted by: chris 2019-04-01 07:35 |
| #3 Andrew Jackson to John Marshall: Let's see you enforce the law. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2019-04-01 07:27 |
| #2 It only works for the Lightbringer |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-01 06:46 |
| #1 So all Trump has to do to make his executive orders as secure as an act of Congress is to just include words saying that the orders are to extend indefinitely, right? |
| Posted by: gorb 2019-04-01 01:55 |