An Obama appointee from Than Franthithco... who would have guessed.
Posted on 06/15/2017 6:00:28 AM PDT by artichokegrower
In a dramatic turnaround, a federal judge has ruled that permits to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline must be reconsidered, and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has demanded the flow of oil through the pipeline be stopped.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
So it doesn't actually go through their reservation.
One liberal judge made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.
What democracy? What is that?
Closing the barn door after the train has left the station. (mixed metaphor alert)
U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia....
Another giant....
“One liberal judge made his ruling. Now let him enforce it.”
It’s long past time that we start using liberal rules...as in “we simply will not obey your ruling”.
How do you stop judicial activism, especially when it goes right to and including the Supreme Court?
Am I reading this correctly? these permits have already been approved? The discussion period has been allowed and completed environmental impact study has been completed? How then can someone come in and say they want a do over? Where were these people when the process to complete the pipeline was ongoing?
An Obama appointee from Than Franthithco... who would have guessed.
There’s more to it than that. There are legal protections against these things. It’s estoppel + a bit of ex post facto. Restraining orders are upheld when the outcome of the cause is in doubt. They’re lifted when the outcome is likely in the government’s favor.
That its taken so long and so late to question the lifting of the restraining order tells me this is fishy on the face of it. Perhaps they found a Judge with TDS.
“The Corps also didn’t consider risks to hunting and fishing rights reserved by the tribe in waters of Lake Oahe, formed by the damming of the Missouri River, where the pipeline crossing was drilled.”
So the tribe is claiming ancestor and cultural hunting and fishing rights on a man made reservoir? Take the dam down.
Yes, the oil is being pumped. The pipeline was completed by April and first oil was delivered on May 14, 2017:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline
“...How do you stop judicial activism, especially when it goes right to and including the Supreme Court?...”
Either ignore em or hang em high. In this case, just ignore the little commie POS and let him try to enforce it.
The pipeline also crosses the Missouri in western ND.
-PJ
In principle, it can never be stopped. Outcome oriented jurisprudence runs from common to uncommon, depending on many factors. I do agree that at this point, the institution deserves no respect. It has no moral authority, and is basically a gang of thugs who are skilled at composing nonsense using dense legal jargon.
The usual corrective mechanism of impeachment is inoperative due to Congressional aversion to accountability. The corrective mechanism in place has a time constant (engineering term for speed of process control loop) of 40 years or so, and consists of retirement and death on one side, and nominations and appointments on the other side.
That easy. What is difficult is finding a judge that doesn't have TDS!
It is way past the time when some of these liberals should be impeached and removed from office. That would be a great first step at getting the judiciary to restrain its activism.
The black robes are part of the Democrat tribe.
The tribe is for itself.
Yesterday, a Democrat tribe member attacked those outside the tribe.
Ex Post Facto!
Too late judge!
There must be a mechanism by which we can avoid having any liberal judge stop lawful conservative efforts.
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