Posted on 01/18/2025 7:45:33 AM PST by artichokegrower
A group of Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a ban announced by outgoing Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden earlier this month on new offshore oil and gas development along most U.S. coastlines.
The lawsuit seeks a reversal of Biden’s ban with declaratory and injunctive relief, according to a court filing that argued Biden did not have the authority to impose such a ban and that the power to do so rests with the U.S. Congress.
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Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a ban announced by outgoing Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden...
Biden needs sued for everything bad thats happened in the last 12 years.
Can’t Trump’s DOJ refuse to fight the challenge and kill that executive order without having to overturn it and fight lawsuits directed at his actions?
I really don’t have any idea but what I can tell you is they place landmines all over in DC to keep Trump from advancing his agenda. Lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit will drag the entire make America first movement agenda for months or even years before any of it is implemented. The DC swamp is very clever very devious and cunning they know exactly what they did on their way out. Yellen just said we have reached the debit ceiling before she exited to handcuffed trump from using money to deport illegals etc….the list goes on and on. The rats have done so much damage to the American people in the span of four years and counting until Trump takes the oath, that our nation is literally on life support.
Trump can issue EO to reverse Biden’s ban but apparently a 2019 court decision made further offshore bans as permanent.
The 2019 court ruling was made by the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska in the case *State of Alaska v. United States Secretary of the Interior*, No. 3:18-cv-00054-SLG.
Blue state AGs, environmental groups, potentially corporations that benefit from the ban would likely sue if Trump issued an EO to reverse the ban.
I could see Trump reversing the ban along red state coastlines, the Gulf states etc and avoiding CA, NY. It would be in different federal districts if it’s in the South.
I don’t think Trump DoJ would defend Biden’s EO especially if Trump does a reversal or partial reversal. But there would be environmental groups and potentially other corporations that benefit from the ban that would take up the defense. At least it would be in a different federal court than in 2019.
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