Obama will issue new oil drilling ban if appeal fails

Yet again you are seeing a perfect example of Obama and his regime trying to circumvent a branch of government. He appoints Dr. Death Panel Donald Berwick without Senate confirmation and now he will trump the courts decision if they uphold the right the drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. CNBC reported that the Obama regime will “immediately” issue a revised drilling ban if a federal appeals court agrees with a lower court’s decision to block the government’s initial six-month moratorium on drilling in deep waters, an Interior Department official told Reuters on Thursday.

The Obama administration heads to court Thursday aiming to reinstate a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling imposed after the devastating BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but blocked by a federal judge.

The showdown starts at 3 p.m. local time at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, where government lawyers will square off for one hour against drilling companies before a three-judge panel.

Regardless of the ruling, industry is not expected to resume drilling in deep waters any time soon because of the legal uncertainties.

The Obama administration said it suspended drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet to avoid another oil well blowout and give a special presidential commission time to investigate the disaster.

BP’s leaking undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico has soiled the shores of all five U.S. Gulf Coast states.

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July 8, 2010 · Filed Under oil spill


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