Posted on 01/07/2022 7:41:13 AM PST by rktman
A federal district court judge granted the Biden administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by more than 20 Republican attorneys general challenging the Keystone XL Pipeline’s permit revocation.
Judge Jeffrey Brown, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, ruled that he couldn’t determine the constitutionality of President Joe Biden’s action because TC Energy, the pipeline’s developer, had abandoned the project. On June 9, TC Energy announced its intention to permanently halt construction of the pipeline, saying it would focus on other projects.
Biden canceled the pipeline’s federal permit immediately after taking office on Jan. 20 in an executive order. The order said the U.S. “must prioritize the development of a clean energy economy” and that the Keystone project would undermine the nation’s role as a climate leader on the world stage.
“The court takes TC Energy at its word that Keystone XL is dead,” Brown wrote in the ruling on Thursday. “And because it is dead, any ruling this court makes on whether President Biden had the authority to revoke the permit would be advisory. Thus, the court has no jurisdiction and the case must be dismissed as moot.”
Brown declined to directly rule on whether it was within Biden’s constitutional authority to issue the order.
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Filthy rat donor Buffet had bought a huge ownership interest in a railroad so pipelines, its competition, had to get killed.
The Judge said that the plaintiff’s didn’t have standing. i.e. there was no harm, because the pipeline builder had abandoned the project. There was no point in ruling in the case, because the pipeline isn’t going to be built now.
Biden canceled the pipeline’s federal permit immediately
Aiding pal in Russia?.
And if the energy producers had any balls, they would immediately STOP All Sales and Deliveries of Fossil Fuel Energy to the entire Northeast
If you spend thousands building a house and the government revokes the building permit without legal justification, there is still a right to get compensation for the money already spent.
As if they had a choice.
Black robbed tyrants should be hanged from scrub oaks.
This confirms the theft of billions of dollars.
The states are out possible property tax, sales tax and franchise tax revenue.
The states have been unlawfully injured and they deserve compensation.
January - Biden cancels the permit.
June - Company abandons the project.
January - Judge cannot understand cause & effect.
The builder only abandoned the project because Biden cancelled it.
But with an adversarial administration in place, I doubt the builder would start back even if the court ruled against Biden.
Hate to say it, but the judge and the builder probably are best waiting for an administration that has a clue.
XL Pipeline project permit gets cancelled by Biden’s EO, so contractor then abandons pipeline project for REASON OF Biden’s cancellation EO ... And this judge rules there is no standing? The “judge” is an effing clueless twat.
Well, there goes 10K good paying jobs down the drain.
5.56mm
It would be music to my ears, to hear the Northeast leftists howl as they all slowly freeze and starve to death.
“Black robbed tyrants should be hanged from scrub oaks.”
Actually, I would prefer they be gutted first, and then hung from meat hooks.
And when Trump resumes office in 2024, he can rightly reinstate the contracts according to the same principles that the Judge used. Sadly, Biden killed it for now, but it can be resurrected.
Who appointed this “judge”?
Which is what the socialists would want in order to nationalize the Oil Industry - one of their biggest goals.
Not really. An order dismissing a case is a final order and it is immediately appealable as a matter of right.
Now where getting somewhere.
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