The good Judge, looking out for the Constitution
Posted on 06/21/2016 8:13:11 PM PDT by jazusamo
In the latest rebuke of the Obama administration’s expansive view of executive power, a federal judge has struck down the Interior Department’s effort to regulate fracking for oil and natural gas.
Judge Scott Skavdahl of the District Court of Wyoming already had put a hold on the regulations last year, and in a decision released late Tuesday, he ruled that Congress did not give Interior the power to regulate hydraulic fracturing, indeed it had expressly withheld that power with some narrow exceptions.
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Dis you know that fracking is thousand -— THOUSANDS of feet below the water table and there never has been a single watter contamination. This judge is just following the evidence. DRILL BABY DRILL!!
The “Obama Mess Cleanup” is getting underway. We ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.
Good, this is a good ruling, but any ruling against dear leader takes away some of his power over us.
The good Judge, looking out for the Constitution
I totally agree, and it should have started sooner.
Doing the job the GOP refuses to do.
Itll get much worse befrore it gets better if it does get better at all.
Watch out for the pillows judge.
And I hope his taxes are in good order.
Thank goodness we have some good ones, like this guy and Hanen.
But for these few doing their duty, much more damage would have been done.
Well FRACK ME. A sane judge who actually studies the facts, not hysteria.
The good judge stopped this attack on our energy supplies.
They would rather someone pay lawyers than get their hands dirty.
I believe your picture is of Matt Mead the current Governor of Wyoming.
“he ruled that Congress did not give Interior the power to regulate hydraulic fracturing...”
Congress cannot give its law-making power to unelected bureaucrats. Only legislators can write laws.
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