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Federal Judge Halts Oil Lease Sales in Alaska's North Slope, Citing Environmental Concerns
AP via Yahoo! ^ | September 26, 2006 | Jeannette J. Lee

Posted on 09/26/2006 6:05:16 AM PDT by Brilliant

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Courts again abusing their power.
1 posted on 09/26/2006 6:05:17 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Has the judge been bought with petro-dollars?


2 posted on 09/26/2006 6:07:22 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (My new blog: http://capitalistpundit.blogspot.com/)
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To: Brilliant

F*%$ the caribou!!!


3 posted on 09/26/2006 6:08:24 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (Fiscal Conservative, Social Moderate. Understand?)
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To: Brilliant

Invoke Andrew Jackson: "Judge James K. Singleton has made his ruling, now let's see him enforce it."


4 posted on 09/26/2006 6:09:13 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Brilliant

So which is it...Carter or Clinton?


5 posted on 09/26/2006 6:11:18 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Brilliant

We cannot drill for oil on the ANWR Coastal plain because that land was set aside for wildlife.

We cannot drill for oil in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska because,... wait,... how did that go again?


6 posted on 09/26/2006 6:12:12 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Are you really that tall?


7 posted on 09/26/2006 6:12:31 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: soccer_maniac
with environmentalist dollars
8 posted on 09/26/2006 6:12:59 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Brilliant

Loony moonbat judge bans production of oil in the Arctic wastes, thereby ensuring more years in power for the terrorist-sponsoring oil-ticks in Saudi, Iran etc.

Some more epic rulings from the good Judge:

On July 3, 2001, District Judge James K. Singleton ordered Anchorage, Alaska, to reinstall a gay pride exhibit at Z.J. Loussac Library after ruling that the city's library policy was too vague.

ANCHORAGE - A federal judge leaning toward arguments made by environmental group lawyers offered Thursday to issue an injunction against logging in roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.(The same!)

n overturning several key components of Alaska’s 1997 campaign reform law, U.S. District Court Judge James Singleton ruled that individuals are free to donate unlimited amounts of money to political parties or groups, to be used for such things as issue advocacy, voter registration and administrative costs


9 posted on 09/26/2006 6:13:49 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: Gay State Conservative
Singleton, James Keith Jr.

Born 1939 in Oakland, CA

Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Alaska

Nominated by George H.W. Bush on January 24, 1990, to a seat vacated by James M. Fitzgerald; Confirmed by the Senate on May 11, 1990, and received commission on May 14, 1990. Served as chief judge, 1995-2002. Assumed senior status on January 27, 2005.

Education:

University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1961

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, LL.B., 1964

Professional Career: Private practice, Anchorage, Alaska, 1963, 1965-1970

Judge, Alaska State Superior Court, 1970-1980
Judge, Alaska Court of Appeals, 1980-1990

Race or Ethnicity: White

10 posted on 09/26/2006 6:14:54 AM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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To: Brilliant

The Lawgivers-In-Black are getting so blatant that they're letting "senior" Lawgivers-In-Black do their dirty work. Singleton was appointed to the bench in 1980 by the Peanut Farmer, elevated to the chief judge in Anchorage by S(l)ick Willie, and assumed "senior" (semi-retired) status in 2005.


11 posted on 09/26/2006 6:14:57 AM PDT by steveegg (Let's make the deeply-saddened Head KOmmie deeply soddened in Nov. - deny the 'RATs the election)
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To: soccer_maniac
This Jim Dandy judge obviously missed the Wild Kingdom Special circa 1994 when Mutual of Omaha went back to see how the caribou were doing after the first pipeline was built.

What they found was that the caribou loved the pipeline. It provided rudimentary shelter for calving in the spring. The oil flow through the pipeline actually raised the temperature of the immediate vicinity by a degree or a fraction thereof. The caribou that hung around the pipeline raised it further with their body temperatures and with their peeing and pooping. The peeing and pooping created a whole new mini ecosystem in the area which attracted more caribou who diversified the herd and increased both the number and vitality thereof.

Unspoken conclusion: Build it and they will come.

12 posted on 09/26/2006 6:19:32 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: steveegg

Or was this another Sununu-Bush41 "present"? I'm now finding conflicting sources on who first put this LIB on the bench (see #10).


13 posted on 09/26/2006 6:23:00 AM PDT by steveegg (Let's make the deeply-saddened Head KOmmie deeply soddened in Nov. - deny the 'RATs the election)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
F*%$ the caribou!!!

I'll pass on hat idea. Oh, and remember, war protection. I'd suggest Caribou Condoms (look it up).

14 posted on 09/26/2006 6:32:27 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Don't worry, everything will be OK. Or maybe it won't.)
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To: Brilliant

"Center for Biological Diversity"

Biological Diversity...WTF?

i.e. dogs and cats must have frequent meetings to understand their differences.....


15 posted on 09/26/2006 6:38:58 AM PDT by TRY ONE (NUKE the unborn gay whales!)
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To: Brilliant

Do we actually have an elected government anymore? How is it possible that every function of government can be blocked by a group of left wing fanatics and pinko judges?


16 posted on 09/26/2006 6:58:50 AM PDT by pierrem15 (Charles Martel: past and future of France)
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Alaska contains about 420 million acres and about 900 thousand caribou. This works out to about 470 acres for each caribou. If 1.7 million acres are 'temporarily' used for oil exploration, then each caribou would temporarily have to get by on 468 acres instead of 470 acres. It seems to me they could handle this temporary 'hardship'. If the environmentalists really cared about the caribou they would be more concerned by hunters who kill over 20,000 per year rather than oil exploration which will have virtually no adverse effect on the herds.


17 posted on 09/26/2006 7:05:56 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: COEXERJ145

Well, going to school in Berkeley and growing up in that area with the 9th Circus Court as a role model explains it all.


18 posted on 09/26/2006 7:16:53 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: Brilliant

You said it! Courts abusing their power, only it isn't really in their power to do what they are doing.

And Bush gets blamed when the price of oil goes up!

I tell you guys, the American public is just about as stupid as the Europeans.

I am now going out to fill my car's tank. No longer will I visit the local Citgo station.

One last thing: oil-well drilling does not bother migratorty birds. Look at Louisiana, for example: lots of oil wells, and many, many migratory birds.
Wouldn't you think that the Audubon Society would know that?


19 posted on 09/26/2006 7:18:30 AM PDT by docbnj
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To: Lunatic Fringe

No don't do that! They are really good grilled with mashed potatos and gravy.


20 posted on 09/26/2006 7:26:06 AM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (Religion of peace my arse - We need a maintenance Crusade)
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