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Trump administration: Court can't suspend pipeline decision [Keystone XL]
Associated Press ^ | Oct 10, 2017 6:50 PM EDT | Matthew Brown

Posted on 10/10/2017 9:06:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Attorneys for the Trump administration said a federal judge has no authority to second-guess a presidential permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline as they seek to stop a lawsuit that would block the project.

Justice Department attorneys are due in U.S. District Court in Montana on Wednesday to defend the administration’s March approval of the 1,179-mile pipeline — a lightning rod in the debate over what to do about climate change.

The TransCanada proposal would transport Canadian crude oil through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with an existing system of lines to carry oil to Gulf Coast refineries.

The Obama administration rejected the project before the proposal was revived in March by President Donald Trump, who said it would create jobs and lead to greater energy independence.

Conservation groups and Native American organizations that sued over the project argue that an environmental review completed in 2014 was inadequate. They’ve asked U.S. District Judge Brian Morris to revoke its permit.

Government attorneys said in their motion to throw out the case that Morris can’t interfere because the Constitution gives Trump authority over matters of foreign affairs and national security. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: energy; envirowackos; keystonexl; obamalegacy; transcanada

1 posted on 10/10/2017 9:06:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Commies in black robes and nothing more.


2 posted on 10/10/2017 9:23:49 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Olog-hai

What happens when the judges do it anyway? And you know they will.


3 posted on 10/10/2017 9:37:33 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: arrogantsob

Trump already surrendered his duty to judges in the travel ban situation. That is a pure national security issue and should never be subject to judges. Now he will surrender the pipeline decision to the judicial process.


4 posted on 10/10/2017 9:39:13 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.
5 posted on 10/11/2017 12:00:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: morphing libertarian

Maybe you ain’t been paying attention - Trump resolved the travel ban crap in the proper manner which gives him greater standing to start putting pressure on these rogue Federal “judges”...


6 posted on 10/11/2017 3:49:41 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: morphing libertarian

Wrong, he won => we won.

New improved expanded travel ban IS in place.


7 posted on 10/11/2017 5:14:01 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s a good move. Rather than fighting the decision on the merits of the decision, which can take months to review, it’s being fought on the ability (or lack thereof) of an obscure local judge from the middle of nowhere to override a presidential decision effecting US policy. I suspect the administration will win. This should stop this nonsense of judges overruling presidential policy.


8 posted on 10/11/2017 5:28:28 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: Olog-hai

You cannot argue that the judiciary has no jurisdiction while simultaneously placing yourself under the jurisdiction of the judiciary. Had he done so from the beginning, Trump’s transcendent legacy would have been to break the back of the judicial oligarchs by simply stating that they have no jurisdiction and refusing to abide by their unconstitutional decisions. Instead he has continued an uninterrupted tradition of cowering before the Black Robes.


9 posted on 10/11/2017 5:30:46 AM PDT by crusher (GREEN: Globaloney for the Gullible)
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To: trebb

Maybe you ignored the 8 months when the ban was in court.


10 posted on 10/11/2017 7:29:43 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

You don’t relinquish your power and never give a say in national security to a judge.


11 posted on 10/11/2017 7:30:19 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Deep State is working overtime to stop energy flowing to the people. Tells you everything you need to know about them: they are enemies of the United States.


12 posted on 10/11/2017 2:42:36 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; we got Gorsuch and a bit of the MAGA agenda. But now the Swamp is back in control.)
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