A federal judge in Lousiana ruled that the Obama Administration is in contempt of court by imposing a second offshore oil drilling ban after the judge lifted the first ban following the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion last year.
According to the Wall Street Journal's website:
A federal judge Wednesday blasted the Obama administration for "determined disregard" of his order to lift a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling last year, giving fresh ammunition to the oil industry and its allies on Capitol Hill who want the Interior Department to speed approvals of new offshore drilling projects.
The ruling by Judge Martin Feldman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana means the Interior Department could have to reimburse Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC, a Louisiana drilling company, for the costs of litigation that the firm brought last year challenging the legality of the drilling moratorium.
The drilling halt was first ordered last May after the April 20 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, in which 11 workers died, and the resulting oil spill. Judge Feldman struck down the initial ban in June, and the Interior Department quickly ordered a second one.
In his ruling, Judge Feldman said Hornbeck was owed the money because the government's conduct amounted to contempt of court.
It appears that the Obama Administration is also acting in contempt by continuing to implement Obamacare despite this week's federal court ruling that the health care law is unconstitutional.
Unless the Administration ceases the implementation of Obamacare in contempt of the court's ruling, articles of impeachment against President Obama should be introduced in the House of Representatives.
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