{"id":55597,"date":"2024-07-07T15:02:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55597"},"modified":"2024-07-07T15:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T19:02:47","slug":"some-sanity-from-the-federal-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=55597","title":{"rendered":"Some Sanity From The Federal Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With all the cries from hysterical Democrats that President Trump would be a dictator if he is elected, why don&#8217;t the Democrats look in the mirror? The student loan forgiveness has continued despite being ruled unconstitutional, domestic oil production has pretty much been shut down despite the fact that Congress passed no laws shutting it down, the border has been left open despite laws that would control the flow of illegal immigrants, and liquid natural gas exports have been shut down despite the fact that Congress never passed a law shutting it down (more on that in a moment). So who is the dictator?<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/tree-hugging-sister\/2024\/07\/05\/a-federal-judge-drop-kicked-potatus-lng-ban-n3791419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Air<\/a> posted an article about a recent decision by Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana putting the Biden&#8217;s pause on LNG exports on hold.<\/p>\n<p>The article quotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/01\/judge-blocks-biden-lng-pause-00166157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\" class=\"story-text__paragraph \" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday put the Energy Department\u2019s pause on natural gas export permits on hold, dealing another legal blow to the Biden administration\u2019s climate agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph \" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana, a Trump appointee,\u00a0granted a request for a stay\u00a0from 16 red states that had challenged the pause, arguing it will harm their economies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text__paragraph \" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The <em>decision to stay the LNG pause upends one of Joe Biden\u2019s major policy nods to climate-focused activists<\/em> who have accused the president of not doing enough to mitigate planet-warming emissions despite Democrats passing the largest investment in climate in history via the Inflation Reduction Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article also quotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-lng-export-ban-blocked-court-judge-james-cain-climate-sierra-club-f1a81675?mod=e2two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> (behind the pay wall):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Sierra Club, a vociferous and enthusiastic proponent of the January pause, is one of the more strident voices now encouraging our mush-brained hero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/biden-lng-export-ban-blocked-court-judge-james-cain-climate-sierra-club-f1a81675?mod=e2two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to do an end-run around SCOTUS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em>KEEP DOIN&#8217; THAT VOODOO THAT YOU DO SO WELL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Who cares what a court says? Not the Sierra Club<\/span>, which says the judge\u2019s ruling doesn\u2019t compel the Administration \u201cto issue any specific decisions.\u201d In other words, the Administration can continue to slow-walk reviews, as it has been doing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>&#8230;Democrats fret that <a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/topics\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-type=\"person\">Donald Trump<\/a> will ignore court rulings, but the Biden Administration defies them left and right. A federal judge in June 2021 ordered the Administration to resume quarterly oil and gas lease sales as required under federal law. It didn\u2019t hold its first auction until June 2022 and waited another year to hold a second.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\" style=\"padding-left: 80px;\" data-type=\"paragraph\"><strong>Progressives have no credibility when they warn about an imperial Trump Presidency after encouraging a lawless Biden Administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\">Laws only apply to Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the cries from hysterical Democrats that President Trump would be a dictator if he is elected, why don&#8217;t the Democrats look in the mirror? 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