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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (408652)2/3/2011 12:35:33 PM
From: Brumar891 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 793643
 
The Obama administration has a history of ignoring court orders they disagree with. A judge in LA just ruled the Interior Dept in contempt of court. I guess they figure they're above the law and the judge isn't going to throw a Cabinet secretary in jail or something.

Holding the Department of the Interior in Contempt of Court
NEW ORLEANS (AP)

The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill is holding the Interior Department in contempt of court.
Reporter: MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press Writer

Story 0 Comments Font Size: The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling after the Gulf oil spill is holding the Interior Department in contempt of court.

U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman chided the department for its "dismissive conduct" after he overturned the agency's decision to halt any new permits for deepwater projects and suspend drilling on 33 exploratory wells after the Deepwater Horizon blast, which killed 11 workers and triggered the massive spill. On Wednesday, he ordered the federal agency to pay attorneys' fees for several offshore oil companies.

After Feldman overturned the government's moratorium in June, the agency issued a second nearly identical suspension. That moratorium was lifted in October.

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