Posted on 06/22/2010 11:07:06 AM PDT by mikelets456
Judge block Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
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Me too. However, he will try to remedy that with an executive order for amnesty.
My guess is that the Rats plan to use the budget to ram through unpopular legislation.
The judge is a Reagan appointee.
Thank God.
yes he does. I see where Gibbs said they would fight it, but they should let it just die and be overcome by events. So this way he tells the envri wackos they need to keep him in office to appoint more liberal judges. And he gets to keep from hurting the economy worst than he already has. But then again doesn’t he want the economy to tank?
Odumbo really looks silly now. First his failure to lead and now the law is telling him he has failed again. odumbo what a buffoon
The Judge has quite a pedigree...
http://www.aaas.org/spp/case/feldman.htm
The last sentence really sums it up...
“...acted arbitrarily and capriciously in issuing the moratorium.”
I think that means the thugs in the White Hut got b-slapped.
He also owns Transocean stock. This will be cited as a conflict of interest in the appeal. Here’s his Financial Disclosure Form. Transocean is #19 on the “Investments and Trusts” list (amount not listed).
http://www.judicialwatch.org/jfd/Feldman_Martin_L_C/2008.pdf
Prediction: this moratorium lasts a week at most.
I don’t...
He’s going to make money on his investments whether Transocean is drilling off of the Gulf Coast or down off of Brazil...
Besides the investment is of $15,000 or less...Most would say, “Big Whoop”...
Take a look at line 19...
If people refuse to cower before a tyrant, is he still a tyrant?
I *did* look at line 19. I cited it in my post!\
The point is not how much he owns. The point is that he owns it AT ALL.
The US Courts Code of Conduct is very clear:
“Judges may not hear cases in which they have either personal knowledge of the disputed facts, a personal bias concerning a party to the case, earlier involvement in the case as a lawyer, *or a financial interest in any party or subject matter of the case.* [emphasis mine].”
http://www.uscourts.gov/RulesAndPolicies/CodesOfConduct.aspx
Whether or not you, or even a majority of the country, thinks it as a “Big Whoop” makes no difference whatsoever.
He has issued this injunction in a case that involves a party in which he has a financial interest.
It is the textbook literal case of a “conflict of interest.” Your opinion, mine, or Obama’s even, makes no difference at all.
I didn’t see that you mentioned that (line 19)...muh bad...
But I still stand by the argument of “financial interest” because of the nature of that investment and the operational aspect of the company...
But do you think he, or anyone associated with the courts decision, would have known this (would come out publically) before the ruling was made???
I don’t believe they are that concerned, and niether is Obama and the upcoming appeal...
They are hoping this does gain legs in the blogosphere and create some infighting in this arena, and gets the attention of the main stream media...
Just my opinion...
Would have known that what would come out before the ruling was made .... his holdings in oil exploration and drilling companies, along with his holdings in entities specifically involved int the suit (Transocean and Halliburton)?
He’d be a pretty piss-poor judge if he didn’t. Judges have to file a Financial Disclosure statement every year for just this reason - transparency about conflict of interest. That’s why Judicial Watch has them all on file for you and I to examine.
Since Feldman must have known this would happen, it may be that he expects it to be struck down rapidly. But he gets to be extremely popular in the state of Louisiana even if it is.
But then I’m a cynic as well as a skeptic.
From footnote 10 on page 19:
“10 If the MMS and the Department truly were incompetent
and corrupt, as the intervenors insist, the Court fails to see how
this conclusion supports the government’s position. Indeed, while
the government makes light of the fact that several of the experts
disagree with the recommendations in the Report by noting that they
do not disagree with the findings, of greater concern is the
misleading text in the Executive Summary that seems to assert that
all the experts agree with the Secretary’s recommendation. The
government’s hair-splitting explanation abuses reason, common
sense, and the text at issue.”
Judges in Louisiana don’t take kindly to outsiders messing with oil and gas issues. They know the oil and gas laws of the state inside and out.
Not even God can repair the damage Bush did in 4 short years.
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Oh Really ??
Guess you don’t GET what the THUG has done in less than 2 !!
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