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Judge Blocks Offshore Drilling Ban
Wall Street Journal ^ | 6-22-10

Posted on 06/22/2010 11:19:11 AM PDT by Justaham

Edited on 06/22/2010 11:24:03 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A judge blocked the six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling imposed by the Obama administration after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a ruling the White House immediately said it would appeal.

Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore drilling rigs had asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans to overturn the moratorium.


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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: deepwaterdrilling; drillheredrillnow; energy; fubo; obama; offshoredrilling; oilspill
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1 posted on 06/22/2010 11:19:12 AM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Soros, Tony Padesta, Jack Squat Barry, and PetroBras are not happy, at all, with this.....LULZ!


2 posted on 06/22/2010 11:21:19 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Justaham

Moral of the story, libs: Activist judges legislating from the bench can sometimes come back and bite you.

When an overreaching executive branch crashes head-on into an overreaching judicial branch, sometimes, things work out!

}:-)4


3 posted on 06/22/2010 11:21:47 AM PDT by Moose4 (November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
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To: Justaham

Just don’t let the “Brits’ near a rig in U.S. waters.


4 posted on 06/22/2010 11:24:09 AM PDT by gitmogrunt
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To: Justaham

“....a ruling the White House immediately said it would appeal.”

When things don’t go your way, even though playing by their own rules, fight among each others. That’s funny.


5 posted on 06/22/2010 11:24:58 AM PDT by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
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To: Justaham

Good. Now hopefully the good judge will block Obamacare from being implemented.


6 posted on 06/22/2010 11:25:25 AM PDT by Gen. Burkhalter
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To: greatdefender

A ruling the White House immediately said it would appeal.
WAAAAAAHHHHH!

7 posted on 06/22/2010 11:29:03 AM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: Moose4

U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman appointed by Ronald Reagan.

I knew Marty Feldman was a better judge than actor.


8 posted on 06/22/2010 11:32:26 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Conservatives are producers. Liberals are parasites)
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To: greatdefender

TRUTH!!!!ObamBam just wants to sink our country.... It is a shame when one man thinks he is the smartest of all, we are in some ‘deep stuff’ with him. It will take YEARS to undue his doings.


9 posted on 06/22/2010 11:36:13 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD IS!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman


The precedent for overturning the ban was by judge Abby something.
10 posted on 06/22/2010 11:37:51 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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To: gulfcoast6

unbelievable Mexico has just filed suit in federal court against Arizona.


11 posted on 06/22/2010 11:38:04 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
here is judge marty feldman now
12 posted on 06/22/2010 11:38:30 AM PDT by DM1
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To: Justaham

There goes any hope of Judge Feldman’s promo to the Court of Appeals or SCOTUS. I’m sure he cares. /sarc


13 posted on 06/22/2010 11:39:08 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: mware

I saw that, this is amazing.


14 posted on 06/22/2010 11:47:20 AM PDT by gulfcoast6 (GOD IS!)
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To: mware
unbelievable Mexico has just filed suit in federal court against Arizona.

WHAT? Link please?

15 posted on 06/22/2010 11:47:30 AM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: erkyl
hang on. It was on Fox a few minutes ago

I'll see if there is a link to their web site yet.

16 posted on 06/22/2010 11:51:13 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: erkyl; mware

Never mind...awww S&*$@^T!


17 posted on 06/22/2010 11:51:39 AM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: erkyl

reporting right now on fox news, just broke 20 minutes ago.


18 posted on 06/22/2010 11:56:30 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: mware

Fox News contacted Governor of ARizona for comment. They have not gotten back to Fox News yet.


19 posted on 06/22/2010 11:57:39 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: erkyl

Nothing on fox news web site yet.


20 posted on 06/22/2010 11:58:33 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
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