Louisiana Governor Praises Judge's Ruling Against Drilling Ban

[ProSense]

Source: Wall Street Journal

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal welcomed a federal judge's ruling Tuesday against the Obama administration's temporary ban on deepwater offshore drilling, which was prompted by the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

"We absolutely agree with the judge's conclusion that the administration's six-month, or longer, shutdown of deepwater drilling was 'arbitrary and capricious,'" Jindal said.

The judge's decision, which was applauded by the energy industry, was in response to a lawsuit filed in early June by Hornbeck Offshore LLC (HOS), a small oil-services company based in Covington, La., that said it would be crippled because of the six-month ban, decreed May 28 by the Interior Department after the spill at a BP PLC (BP)-operated well. Hornbeck Offshore was soon joined by other small oil field-service companies and got support from the state of Louisiana.

The White House responded to the ruling Tuesday by saying it would immediately appeal the injunction. It is unlikely that many companies will jump to restart drilling, given the complex legal maneuvering likely to come.


Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100622-713075.html

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[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Oily Jindal

[ProSense]

2. Praising a judge who should have

recused himself.

[JuniperLea]

3. Makes me wonder how much oil industry stock Bobby owns...

I'm guessing a lot.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. has anyone delved into his relationship with the oil industry?

[depakid]

4. That's what comes from an environment of no accountability under the rule of law

wake me up when the administration decides that's on their list of priorities. Meantime, expect more and more of this sort of thing.

[Jefferson23]

5. Jindal.watching out for the good of the people and the environment.

:sarcasm: