BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Government Moratorium on Offshore Drilling
This is not a huge surprise, but the oil-soaked 5th circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Obama administration's appeal of the decision to lift the moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — The Obama administration lost its bid Thursday to maintain a six-month moratorium on offshore deepwater drilling which a federal judge ordered to be lifted last month.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government's request to stay that judge's order pending appeal.
The motion was denied because the government failed to show "a likelihood of irreparable injury if the stay is not granted," the court wrote in a 2-1 ruling.
The government also "made no showing that there is any likelihood that drilling activities will be resumed pending appeal."
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has said he will soon issue a new order to block deepwater drilling regardless of how the court ruled.
The court noted that the Salazar "has the right to apply for emergency relief if he can show that drilling activity by deepwater rigs has commenced or is about to commence."
It also ordered that the appeal be expedited so the case can be argued on its merits during the week of August 30.
Given the depth of cronyism between this court panel and the oil industry, their ruling was to be expected. I'm wondering what steps Salazar will take to block drilling despite the court's order. Perhaps he will revoke permits?
Don't let them lie about the scale of this disaster,
and the reason it happened.
Measure the volume of oil that has spilled!
If you can measure the expansion of the universe you can measure
the oil spilled. It will be worth the knowledge gained.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Why isn't impeachment procedures started against these judges..
When they over step their bounds the only thing to do is impeach them..
What in the h... is the matter with Obama and the democrats.. They have sucked up to Bush , Cheney , Rumsfeld and every other republican , corporate personal there is..
Where in the h... is the Change and transparent government that was promised..
Obama and his right hand men like Emanuel & Axelrod are destroying the democrat party along with our citizens rights to be heard...
None
Yep!
And they ain't gonna change either.
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
everyone just has to vote.
and see Capitalism : a love story.
and it's the Democratic party, not the Democrat party.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
The Planet Earth can't sue.....
And don't hold your breath Salazar is a Cheney boy who shoulda been kicked to the curb along with Giethner......
I belong to no organized political party -- I am a Democrat.
--Will Rogers
Welcome to planet Cheney.
Barren.
void.
all but finished.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
I find your simple reliance on oil ties to belittle the court's decision surprising. It would have been nice to see a little more effort to explain whatever patina of legal reasoning the court attempted to use here.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
They relied on the no $ociali$m in the United $tate$ law.
The courts are the only thing that partly work in this country.
But the court didn't really use much in the way of reasoning. It simply upheld the earlier court's ruling. Also, it was breaking news...I opted for the quick summary in the interest of time.
But I do have the ruling (also the 1st circuit court of appeals ruling on DOMA) and will be happy to put together stronger analyses of both once I have a couple of minutes to breathe.
I'm writing it now.
I look forward to reading it.
BTW, thanks for your excellent choice of illustrtion for the preceding post. It has replaced my Jesus Monster Truck as my background.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
it won't matter anymore
me-oww!
http://americaspeaksink.com/2010/07/bp-oil-me...
i dunno if this is prison planet stuff or if miss kitty even meant anything by her comment but FWIW
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
This site is written by a right winger. He:
1. Doesn't believe in global warming
2. Doesn't believe in evolution
Since he's a right winger, he wants massive death and destruction. Hence the speculation about a methane bubble leading to a giant tsunami which wipes out the Gulf Coast states.
I would take this website with a truckload of salt.
didn't flame or anything; it referenced a site discussing methane explusion... what type of html leads to banned posts
or is this just some low-rent seat-of-the-pants Admin bans whatever the f* they want whenever?
got any terms of service or here, my compadre guido?
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
http://americaspeaksink (dot) com/2010/07/bp-oil-methane-explosion-extinction-level-event/
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
"I'm wondering what steps Salazar will take to block drilling"
LOL (in a very, very sad head-shaking way)
WTF are you thinking? This is Salazar, the guy who loved himself some Gale Norton... good friend of Alberto Gonzales... voted against increasing fuel-efficiency standards... voted against repealing tax breaks for Exxon... supported Lieberman over Lamont... voted to end limitations to offshore drilling, FFS.
That's the guy you're wondering what steps he'll take?
deliberately.
Yet one more reason to question Obama's true agenda.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Yeahp , ditto that .
"Patina of legal reasoning".
Patina this: $$$$$$$$$$....
It's about money, investments by judges the corruption is obvious and disguisting. What will happen to corrupt and partisan judges, Nothing. Nothing will happen because it's not a matter of justice it's a matter of stock options by corrupt judges and politicians. Oil on some beaches is not to be considered when stock prices can fall, a few dead fish, turtles, whales, manatees are not stockholders and are irrelevant. What is relevant is money this is truly the only reason these "judges" refuse to stop the drilling. Money, money and more money and the hell with the Gulf of Mexico and a bunch of fish and non-voting mammals. Someone has to profit right? "Judges need money and fish don't and anyway these "judges" can go on a junket and fish somewhere else where there is clean water, they can afford it as long as their stock stays high and profitable! What a great county we have become where money is paramount and the land and sea we depend on is not considered profitable by saving it! Oh well I guess.
PEACE
The love you take is equal to the love you make. John Lennon Paul Mc Cartney
Who thinks, at least during the next six months, that the drillers are going to take the shortcuts that happened at the Deepwater Horizon? While they aren't going to drill relief wells for each well, I expect they're doing the other steps by the book.
I would not bet on that Flinx . I suspect greed , as always , will over ride common sense .
these blowouts occur. It won't be the courts, I betcha.
on the conservative activist SCOTUS
Doesn't matter - check out the MMS Notice to Lessees and Operators dated June 8th, '10. Oil companies won't start drilling because there is no way they'll be able to comply to the new regulations in six months let alone a year. Hopefully, this will put a stop to deepwater drilling for the forseeable future.
Power to the
peopleoil companies and the corporations ! Ahhhhhhhh yes , America "the beautiful" .The government can't stop them? Who can?
I guess nationalizing BP would be rejected by some oil soaked court too. (metaphorically speaking)
I say we take military action to protect and defend our shores! Who is with me?
"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
While we the People do pay for a military, you'd be mistaken to believe the military belongs to us or acts on our behalf. It belongs to the corporations. Best you remember that.
They should drill the judges head!
Maybe if Obama and the dems were a little bit stronger then we wouldn't have this problem. - sure we can blame the repugs all we want, but if the dems would stand up for us the American people we would see the repugs fall in line once the American people started to back the dems who would be giving them what they want.
But no, we have 2 of the same party, just one is a little more fucked up then the other one.
Obama could just ignore the freaking courts, .....you know, like Bush did. Then, he could use this battle to show that the real activist judges are the anti-people, corporate fascist conservatives.
But since he is also a corporatist, his agenda is not ours.
The 5th Circuit has made their decision, now lets seem them enforce it! We need a president like that.
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
who can't get past Barack's middle name. [Sighs]
when there are already over 27,000 unattended wells carpeting the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, as was revealed in the national news two days ago? Seems like a clear waste of money and resources to me.
Just like Rome, we are becoming a nation that covets the wealthy and the giants of industry OVER EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ELSE. I am shamed to be a part of this nation as it stands today.
I sent an e-mail to Ken Salazar to revoke permits! Here is the e-mail address feedback@ios.doi.gov
Dissent! Patriotism in Action!
Looks like those "Activist Judges" are at it again.
The motion was denied because the government failed to show "a likelihood of irreparable injury if the stay is not granted," the court wrote in a 2-1 ruling....Yeah. Buy them swimsuits and make them swim in the gulf for a few minutes. Then let's see about that.
why can't we just throw them in naked?
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