• MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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    5 days ago

    It is based on the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, which allows presidents to protect waters, but it does not allow for that permission to be revoked. So if Trump wants to revoke it, he has to change the law. The Democrats will try to slow it down and the legal system in the US works well enough to allow such projects to be put on hold for some time. It probably is not going to stop Trump, but it will slow things down, which is good.

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      “By executive order I’m allowing you to drill here” drilling starts
      Company gets sued
      Makes its way to SCOTUS
      SCOTUS rules it’s okay based on the earlier case about presidential acts being legal while in office

      This is a perfect test for that ruling to give it credibility and make it stand up.

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      3 days ago

      By that logic Biden should make every single piece of water that touches the US protected and then force Trump to be the most pro environmental president ever! DO IT NOW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION!!!