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Obama-Appointed Judge To Keystone Pipeline Developer: Don’t You Dare Haul Pipe To The Work Site
Townhall ^ | 12/10/2018 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 12/10/2018 3:17:17 PM PST by Signalman

The Keystone Pipeline is once again facing legal hurdles. A federal judge in Florida told a developer working on the project that they couldn’t even ship pipe to the construction site. The judge is an Obama-appointee who recently blocked a permit for the long-awaited project in November (via The Hill):

A federal judge said the developer behind the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline can’t even haul pipe in preparation for the project.

Judge Brian Morris of the federal District Court for the District of Montana rejected TransCanada Corp.’s request Friday to complete various “preconstruction” activities in preparation for building the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, saying they could lead to the irreparable harm he is trying to prevent.

“The irreparable injury threatened by the … preconstruction activities go beyond merely the ground-disturbing injuries alleged by plaintiffs,” Morris, nominated to the bench by former President Obama, wrote in his order, saying the activities “could skew the [State] Department’s future analysis and decision-making regarding the project."

[…]

TransCanada had asked Morris to refine his ruling to allow certain activities, like hauling pipes closer to the construction areas, mowing rights-of-way and preparing worker camps.

President Trump said the construction of this pipeline, which was hamstrung by the Obama administration, would move forward under his presidency. In March of 2017, the Trump White House issued the green lightafter issuing an executive order in January of that year reversing the Obama administration’s position. The judge ruled in his decision that the Trump administration did not give an adequate reason for issuing their permit from 2017. This is just another issue, where the courts have pushed back on Trump. No doubt about a fight erupting over this—as it should; this is a trash ruling. Build that pipeline!


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KEYWORDS: brianmorris; keystone; keystonexl; montana; morris; obamaappointees
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To: Signalman

Pres. Trump, when federal judges issue executive actions, continue to do what the plan calls for and tell the judge to file a complaint at the Supreme Court, kinda like Obama did when he said he had a pen and phone and bypassed Congress.


21 posted on 12/10/2018 3:46:52 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: piasa

Florida is in Georgia, dumbass. ( Idiocracy)


22 posted on 12/10/2018 3:48:18 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: M Kehoe

There are alotta peeps needing a gas-up in Fla., so I can see pipelines.

But there is likely no pass through to other States as Fla. is a PENINSULA!

Maybe Fla. is a net exporter of Crude or finished product?


23 posted on 12/10/2018 3:49:55 PM PST by Paladin2
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Can't the Supreme Court slap this IDIOT Judge around???!!!
24 posted on 12/10/2018 3:50:34 PM PST by KavMan
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To: M Kehoe

The ‘net pipes say:

NO refineries in Fla.

[Given the population, y’all should build on or two.]

*************************
“Number of Operable Refineries

Total Number of Operable Refineries
0 0 0 0 0 0 1982-2018
Operating
0 0 0 0 0 0 1982-2018
Idle
0”


25 posted on 12/10/2018 3:55:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: M Kehoe

The ‘net pipes say:

NO refineries in Fla.

[Given the population, y’all should build one or two.]

*************************
“Number of Operable Refineries

Total Number of Operable Refineries
0 0 0 0 0 0 1982-2018
Operating
0 0 0 0 0 0 1982-2018
Idle
0”


26 posted on 12/10/2018 3:55:41 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

The three current pipelines come from LA. The next one, if some stupid judge doesn’t intercede, will come from TX (under the Gulf).

5.56mm


27 posted on 12/10/2018 3:58:46 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: Paladin2

Natural gas.

5.56mm


28 posted on 12/10/2018 4:00:46 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: M Kehoe

Perhaps youse guyz should consider some Drill, Baby, Drill action?

I hear there is oil [and gas] out under the Ocean on the Shelf.


29 posted on 12/10/2018 4:01:44 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: M Kehoe
"Natural gas."

Does all of that come from City Hall in Tallahassee? ;-)

30 posted on 12/10/2018 4:03:17 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

“I hear there is oil [and gas] out under the Ocean on the Shelf.”

Both sides of the peninsula. Believe it or not, there are oil wells pumping right now in the Everglades

5.56mm


31 posted on 12/10/2018 4:05:40 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: Signalman

....I’ve been under these kind of orders. They are laughable. I can move pipe anywhere in the world I want to. End of story.

I wouldn’t move it on site. But, I could move it down the road a ways and call it my Interim Distribution Center or some such non sense.


32 posted on 12/10/2018 4:12:49 PM PST by Cen-Tejas
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To: Signalman

Oh well, the Judge said, what ever can you do?


33 posted on 12/10/2018 4:20:31 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: M Kehoe

Thanks.

Where do they send the oil for processing?


34 posted on 12/10/2018 4:23:24 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Cen-Tejas

Buy the lot next to the Judge’s compound.

Load it up with pipe.

Or drilling fluid tanks.


35 posted on 12/10/2018 4:25:11 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: unixfox

Time to get out the yellow vest. In our case the orange hunting vest.


36 posted on 12/10/2018 4:28:02 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchaged our dreams for survival. We just ha va few days that don't suck.)
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To: gaijin

Sorry, but the dude looks like a f.a.g. so no surprise.


37 posted on 12/10/2018 4:34:24 PM PST by Liberal Anti Venom (Freedom exists not to do what you like, but having the right to do what you ought. ~John Paul II~)
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To: Sequoyah101
"In our case the orange hunting vest."

THAT would be the American version/way.

38 posted on 12/10/2018 4:41:25 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Signalman

So every project has to pass 2578 Federal judges? Any one of them can squash it? America is over.


39 posted on 12/10/2018 4:59:14 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: madprof98

Respectfully disagree. The leftist media scum have self-identifyied themselves as targets. They will not last long if CW II happens. (Neither will I - too old and infirm to do much.)


40 posted on 12/10/2018 5:46:26 PM PST by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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