From the Louisiana Office of the Attorney General Liz Murrill
On Monday, July 1, U.S. Federal Judge James Cain Jr. of the Western District of Louisiana, issued a preliminary injunction in Louisiana’s favor for the State’s lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decisions to ban new liquefied natural gas exports to non-free trade agreement countries.
Judge Cain’s order lifts the LNG export ban effective immediately.
In his ruling, Judge Cain said, “It appears that the DOE’s decision to halt the permit approval process for entities to export LNG to non-FTA countries is completely without reason or logic and is perhaps the epiphany of ideocracy.”
Judge Cain also asked attorneys for the federal government, “So why the change of the past normal practice? And why now?”
The decision by President Biden and his Department of Energy from back in January ignores the clear text of the Natural Gas Act and departs from decades of agency policy. Just six months ago, the Department of Energy even acknowledged, “There is no factual or legal basis” for halting approval of LNG exports.
Shortly after that announcement, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill led a coalition of 16 states in filing the lawsuit to stop the ban.
The State of Louisiana was joined by the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
“This is great news for Louisiana, our 16 state partners in this fight, and the entire country. As Judge Cain mentioned in his ruling, there is roughly $61 billion dollars of pending infrastructure at risk to our state from this illegal pause. LNG has an enormous and positive impact on Louisiana, supplying clean energy for the entire world, and providing good jobs here at home. The people of Louisiana are proud to power this nation and the world. A major victory for American energy,” said Attorney General Liz Murrill.
H/T Steve Milloy
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Don’t be silly … Justin Trudeau declared “theres no business case” for LNG. And Justin Trudeau is both an energy and business expert!
As well as being a freedom loving Scientist! And a great entertainer with his lovely diverse routine involving boot polish and a banana!
Despite those naughty people suggesting he is another slimy, far left politician always on the Fidel?
Presidential Immunity ruling also very interesting 🙂
From the response and yelling from AOC etc .. obviously the correct decision.
So much for small government.
And with the Chevron crap removed as well…
…Trump will be able to get rid of much of the un-elected scum that currently make so many stupid rules for society.
They never were part of “government”… they just thought they were.
The “fake” government will be downsized considerably.
I guess getting a king is downsizing.
In a true democracy, a party has to nominate a very unpopular candidate, no way around it, unless he withdraws.
The USA was built to be a REPUBLIC.
The emperor has no clothes.
Well, he may, but he doesn’t remember where he left them.
You really do believe whatever the left tells you to believe.
Do you have anything intelligent to say, or will you just stay the course?
At least it’s good to know that the USA is NOT a Democracy, but a Constitutional Republic. Big difference.
As usual, it is obvious that you are clueless what the judgement actually said.
At least Trump will be a good king, that cares about making the US great again.
Very necessary after it has become a weak laughing stock under the dementia-ridden kook.
Trump just wants his cut of the trillions to be spent and Biden should retire.
Excerpt:
From: a Substack article by Steve MacDonald, of Granite Grok.
Remember, prior to this week’s decision, no President had been prosecuted for any crime. Ever. There was no test to determine whether it could or should even be done. They were effectively untouchable—almost like kings. But Democrats just disabled what can only (and ironically) be referred to as long-standing historical precedent.
In other words, SCOTUS did not turn Trump into a King, as garment-rending progressive parrots now profess; The US Supreme Court took the crown away from “King” Joe, Barry, Bill, George, and the rest of them.
The immunity they enjoyed has been kneecapped.
Bingo, well explained here at Coffee and Covid…
https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=463409&post_id=146203114&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=slvym&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0ODA1MDQ0NiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQ2MjAzMTE0LCJpYXQiOjE3MTk5MjM2MDEsImV4cCI6MTcyMjUxNTYwMSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ2MzQwOSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.4toVRl-dS8g1AqhBkCJjMK67WSEEn7d5N3ip-6akkSM
You have no clue. Actually the “immunity decision” will place limits on executive power. https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=463409&post_id=146203114&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=slvym&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0ODA1MDQ0NiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQ2MjAzMTE0LCJpYXQiOjE3MTk5MjM2MDEsImV4cCI6MTcyMjUxNTYwMSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ2MzQwOSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.4toVRl-dS8g1AqhBkCJjMK67WSEEn7d5N3ip-6akkSM
A non sequitur. So the Biden crew doing lawfare on political opponents is quite all right and not “big government”?
Trump is a criminal, and it’s not political lawfare.
Pray tell, what exactly was the crime in the New York case? Lese majeste’?
Playing with the accounting books. But normally prosecuted as a misdemeanor, not a felony.
Even there, no playing,
It was a legal expense, and it was recorded as a legal expense.
The claim was that it should been counted as a campaign donation as well.
It was purportedly an excessive campaign contribution, but by Buckley v Valeo, candidates do not have limits on how much of their own money they can spend on their own campaign.
Nor should they. ‘Outside’ money should have limits.
Plus, even IF Trump was directly involved, the charges were misdemeanors and the statute of limitations had run out.
But the Soros backed Dem DA, elevated the charges to felonies, which extended the statute of limitations.
Just another Dem politically motivated “hit job” just like Hillary’s bogus “Russian Collusion!” claims and both failed attempts to remove Trump from office via impeachment.
How was a legal non disclosure expense, a campaign contribution?
Oh, I see, but as noted below, even if one could prove it was not just to make a blackmail threat go away for in general reputation, but was solely for election reasons ( kind of silly as the Dems were throwing such accusations relentlesly, with little affect) it is perfectly legal to contribute as much to your own political career as one choses.
He’s a criminal because the criminals in the White House say he is.
Did you take courses in circular logic, or is this a natural talent?
The real criminals are the ones doing the prosecuting.
Trying desperately to subvert democratic elections.
‘No, it isn’t …’
WRONG.. Kangaroo courts don’t count. !
Now hop to it.
I know you aren’t too bright, but how does stopping the bureaucracy from making arbitrary decisions make government any larger? It’s just the opposite, dumbshite.
Again, is English your second or third language?
The ruling has as much to do with the size of government as your posts do with the state of reality.
You would have thought that the caterwauling of the Dems over that decision was because the Supreme Court said that Trump, or any other President, has absolute immunity for whatever they do while they are in office. Which of course, that was not the decision. SCOTUS logically concluded that for carrying out the core responsibilities of the office of President, there is absolute immunity, else the Federal government could not function at all; that for other official acts of the President that are not core Constitutional responsibilities (like oh, kissing babies and shaking hands and attending funerals and hosting state dinners), there is limited immunity; and that for unofficial activities, like campaigning for office, or engaging in what would otherwise be criminal behavior if any other citizen did it, there is no immunity.
BFD.
This is why we have the courts, to apply logic and the law and to take into account the practical realities of governing and other activities.
“we have the courts, to apply logic and the law”. Thank goodness they do that sometimes.
Justice Sotomayor was quoted as saying that Presidents could now kill their political opponents and go free. However, I don’t see anywhere in the Constitution that such action is an official, or semi-official act. The Left just went crazy and didn’t address the actual ruling by the SCOTUS.
They’ve always been crazy, it’s just that Trump manages to drive all the bats from their belfries.
Trump was a crazy Democrats for years until he figured that he could get more from being a Republican. He would switch back if the price were right.
You would be a very wealthy person if you had received even a small portion of what PJDT has given away from what he has EARNED.
Ronald Reagan was a Democrat. What that corrupt party did to him, it did to Trump. That is, the Democrats left Trump, not vice versa.
Also, Elon Musk:
If you think Trump would go back to the Dems after what they’ve done I’d say you’re delusional.
edit: not intended as a reply to Janice
scv…. has very deep-seated TDDS.. deranged and delusional.
Not just Trump, he appears to hate anyone who has money, so long as they aren’t openly socialist.
The left judge others by their own value system.
They assume that other people are as bad as they are, and if others can get away with something, without responsibility of action, that they will do it. (because that is what they(the left) would do).
The Left didn’t just go crazy. They are just evaluating the potential harm based on what they personally would do if they thought they could get away with it.
Reminds me of a comment and response about freedom of will on Fox News.
The gist was that an omnipotent and all powerful God values freedom of will.
The response was that then God is stupid.
I’d say that says more about the responder than God.
If that responder had the power, we’d all be a clone without a choice.
(Sure. There are consequences for a wrong choice. But it’s your choice to make.)
Same as myusername.
What really cracks me up, the exact same case but the “former president” in question has a D after his name (pure fantasy I know, this injustice department would never begin criminal proceedings against a D under any circumstances, but work with me here) and every liberal in sight would be all for unlimited immunity. Up to and including drowning his chef after he leaves office!!!
I read somewhere, perhaps I’m mistaken, that a Senator or Representative was immune from prosecution for what they said on “the floor”.
Have I got that wrong?
You have that right.
G’Day Gunga Din,
“…for what they said on “the floor”.”
From the English Bill of Rights, 1689, which covered the English colonies in north America:
That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;
If one is a Liberal Demorat, one is immune from prosecution for taking 10%.
A little knowledge in the mind of an idiot is a dangerous thing.
A little authority is even worse…
We are regaining our Constitutional principles, bit by bit, from the activist enviroweanies.
“In his ruling, Judge Cain said, “It appears that the DOE’s decision to halt the permit approval process for entities to export LNG to non-FTA countries is completely without reason or logic and is perhaps the epiphany of ideocracy.””
Did he really mean “epiphany” as in a moment of sudden realization of what was so? Or did he mean to say, “epitome” as in the best or clearest example of the thing being discussed?
Either way works. Ideocracy is a really good way to describe it.
Personally, I think the judge misspelled idiocracy.
Good point!
Both work in context.
Also, I don’t think “epiphany” is the right word. I think he meant “epitome”
oops David already mentioned that
Sometimes, repitition educates.
Whatever he “meant” to say, his ruling was correctly based in Logic, so Kudos!
I think his “smart” dictation software turned his spoken “epitome” and “idiocracy” into what ended up in his opinion. He needs to hire a better law clerk/proofreader. *ouch*
LOVE, nevertheless, the unvarnished style! 🙂
Given the context, I believe that on this side of The Pond some of us would use a different vowel.
What a subtle way of handing the DOE and bidet a helping of “eat sh*t”, all the while pointing out the idiot moves of the administration in the past. I think LA just went totally into the Trump camp. MAGA.
I initially read LA as Los Angeles – my error – but not a chance that Los Angeles will vote for any Republican.
(Note that we live about 40 miles from downtown LA, so it is natural to think that LA means Los Angeles. No offense meant to the folks of Louisiana.)
Louisiana is normally abbreviated La, while Los Angeles is normally abbreviated LA.
So the confusion is understandable.
I understood Los Angeles WAS La-La land.
The headline is incorrect and should read:
‘Biden Administration’s Unconstitutional plan to extort billions from American Energy Sector and double energy costs for American Citizens is dealt a blow by Federal Judge”
ugh. even though this is a white pill of sorts, it simultaneously exposes yet again how insidious and relentless the ruling class and globalists, aligned with the grifters, will use every weapon, trick and opportunity to beat us down, rob us, lie to us and impoverish us.
Any scientifically astute observer worth their salt can see this. Some however join in the grift.
And yet the Dems claim Trump wants to be king and end the republic (they call it democracy).
Biden’s policies empower Putin.
“the epiphany of ideocracy”
Yes, that would be Jennifer Granholm alright.
“Ideocracy”
I never saw the movie but heard it was funny.
(A janitor is accidentally frozen then wakes up in the future to find out he’s the smartest man on Earth.)
I might look it up and watch it try and learn just what has been going wrong now.
(I hope I’ll laugh and not cry.)
I wouldn’t be very surprised to find a Janitor who WAS the smartest man on ‘earth’… usually deal with a lot of ‘dirt’.
A bit of sanity uplifting a Tuesday.