Obama doubles down: Salazar to issue new order on drilling moratorium

Allahpundit HotAir.com 6/22/2010

Commenters were yelling in the earlier thread about The One daring to shut down a private company’s operations for safety reasons, but if you read the court’s opinion, you’ll see that that point’s not at issue. It’s not a question of the feds having the power, it’s a question of them needing […]

Federal judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium

Michael Kunzelman Associated Press Writer Breitbart.com 6/22/2010

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.

The White House said the administration would appeal. It had halted approval of any new permits for deepwater […]

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