Posted on 10/19/2023 8:24:09 PM PDT by CFW
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority is asking a federal judge to reverse a decision by the Biden administration to cancel oil and drilling leases in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge area.
The leases were approved by the Trump administration in January 2021 and canceled by the Biden administration last month.
The AIDEA said in its lawsuit the cancellation of the seven leases is unlawful for several reasons. The leases are legal and Congressionally mandated, the agency said. The lawsuit said the Department of Interior did not allow AIDEA to correct any issues to keep the leases.
"DOI’s unilateral decision to cancel the leases violates AIDEA’s constitutional and statutory due process rights, because DOI failed to provide AIDEA with an administrative process in which it could defend the validity of its leases, before DOI terminated them," AIDEA said in the lawsuit. "Sixth, because the leased lands are known to contain valuable deposits of oil, a fact recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey, DOI’s procedural rules required that DOI obtain a court order authorizing termination of the leases, and DOI failed to obtain any such court order."
Gov. Mike Dunleavy supports the lawsuit.
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The only ones thriving in this economic and cultural environment (besides the politicians) are the lawyers.
And by the way, "diversity" is not our strength. We no longer have a common culture, any common values, or common goals. That is the fault of the left.
After the SC refused to smack down the Minnesota law that forced car dealers to sell cars no one wants l am not optimistic they are going to neuter the climate fascists. These people are going to inflict misery and Government dependence on all of us. We hoped the SC would be the firewall but it does not look good.
One would think the 10th Amendment to the constitution would apply.
Go for it Alaska!
Take oil bearing areas claimed by Fed Gov and declare it Soverign Alaska State Land!
Yes for sure!
Does this mean no oil checks next year for residents? The payments, officially called the Permanent Fund Dividend or the PFD locally, amounted to $2,622 this year— the highest amount ever. That’s one way to turn your state red.
“After the SC refused to smack down the Minnesota law that forced car dealers to sell cars no one wants l am not optimistic they are going to neuter the climate fascists. “
And remember SCOTUS refused to over-turn the pork producers law that California implemented on out-of-state operators as well as their own. If a company wants to sell pork in California, then the meat has to be raised under conditions dictated by California law.
The evidence from all the American City States is that Diversity Is Destructive
CALAL must be observed
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