Alaska judge blocks Trump's executive order, restores offshore drilling ban in Arctic Ocean
A federal judge on Friday delivered a blow to the Trump administration’s effort to expand offshore drilling, restoring bans in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean.
In Alaska, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason threw out President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order overturning Obama-era restrictions.
Federal law allows presidents to remove certain lands from development, Gleason said, but not reverse bans. Only an act of Congress can revoke the withdrawals, she said.
The environmental bans issued by former President Barack Obama in 2015 and 2016 were aimed to protect polar bears, walruses, ice seals and Alaska Native villages that depend on the animals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/31/offshore-drilling-alaska-judge-blocks-trump-administration/3327715002/
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Judge Sharon Gleason was appointed by President Obama. Just remember: The Trump administration more than doubled the number of judges it confirmed to federal appeals courts in 2018, exceeding the pace of the last five presidents and stocking the courts with lifetime appointees who could have profound consequences for civil rights, the environment and government regulations.
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/02/681208228/trumps-judicial-appointments-were-confirmed-at-historic-pace-in-2018
For all the ones who stayed home because they "could not stomach" voting for Hillary, who may still stay home... remember this one, at least.
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