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(5,113 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2016, 04:18 PM Dec 2016

Obama invokes 1953 law to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans [View all]

Source: cnbc

President Barack Obama on Tuesday moved to indefinitely block drilling in vast swaths of U.S. waters.

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/20/obama-expected-to-invoke-1953-law-to-block-offshore-drilling.html

i think congress will pass a law repealing this...

its easily done

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Obama invokes 1953 law to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans [View all] rdking647 Dec 2016 OP

Doesn't he know that everything he has done... yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #1

Actually President Obama knows quite a bit, yui Cha Dec 2016 #31

I hope that's right but with a yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #44

Not to mention lillypaddle Dec 2016 #56

Hey Lilly you are right... yuiyoshida Dec 2016 #60

I assume they mean that Trump cannot just unilaterally renew the leases that were essentially voided cstanleytech Dec 2016 #47

!!!!this is good!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #57

Why would you think he doesn't? He's taking a stand now. pnwmom Dec 2016 #65

I understand it won't be easily done.... lamp_shade Dec 2016 #2

Hope you're right!!! RiverStone Dec 2016 #15

Exactly, lampshade.. i was just coming to post this somewhere Cha Dec 2016 #30

Fantastic picture of Obama! I saved it to keep in my thoughts of what a real president is as RKP5637 Dec 2016 #53

Good! Someone who cares about our Planet. Cha Dec 2016 #54

Beautiful...thanks Cha! Stellar Dec 2016 #58

You're Cha Dec 2016 #59

Those "Senior Admin Officials" (unnamed of course) do not know the law. former9thward Dec 2016 #64

Wrong. And you claim to be a lawyer CreekDog Dec 2016 #66

No president can do anything "permanently". former9thward Dec 2016 #67

Oh, so a presidential pardon for a crime can be undone? CreekDog Dec 2016 #68

If you want to compare something that is specifically part of the President's powers former9thward Dec 2016 #69

Tweets from President Oama and PM Trudeau.. Cha Dec 2016 #45

Looks like the courts decide.. Scurrilous Dec 2016 #3

Chess. lamp_shade Dec 2016 #4

even if they win, it'll take his entire term to work its way through the courts. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #8

Not necessarily FBaggins Dec 2016 #12

Abuse of discretion is for reviewing judicial decisions. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #19

Sorry. Both are incorrect FBaggins Dec 2016 #20

Good luck to anyone convincing a judge this is geek tragedy Dec 2016 #26

Who do you think WOULD have standing FBaggins Dec 2016 #28

They weren't bidding or seeking to bid. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #34

no doubt Tillerson has some ideas (puke) wordpix Dec 2016 #50

It's not easily done, and it takes time to do it. LanternWaste Dec 2016 #5

KNR Lucinda Dec 2016 #6

They need 60 votes to repeal it. Good luck with that nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #7

They tie it to a revenue bill...Done and done. AngryAmish Dec 2016 #21

Not appropriate for reconciliation. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #27

Of course it is. FBaggins Dec 2016 #29

No affect on revenue since no one wants to lease them now anyways. nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #38

they can do it with 50 thru reconcilliation rdking647 Dec 2016 #40

1) what oil leases--no one is willing to lease now; 2) geek tragedy Dec 2016 #42

the problem is the senate itself is the one that get to decide whats germane or not rdking647 Dec 2016 #48

if the GOP is just going to play Calvinball then no need to bother with reconciliation nt geek tragedy Dec 2016 #49

Senate filibuster... paleotn Dec 2016 #9

Why isn't Obama protecting the Pacific too. stuffmatters Dec 2016 #10

The answer to your question may be inside the 1953 law itself Hekate Dec 2016 #11

President Obama just can't get credit for anything. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #17

It just never stops. Never. Can we take one damn minute to enjoy a victory or praise an action? Hekate Dec 2016 #24

I'm celebrating! Cha Dec 2016 #33

Me too, Cha. littlemissmartypants Dec 2016 #36

Oh yeah, I miss him already, too, littlemisssmartypants! Cha Dec 2016 #39

Yep. Sums it up nicely. eom littlemissmartypants Dec 2016 #35

YEAH! Thanks, Obama! wordpix Dec 2016 #51

Mahalo, montana hazeleyes.. Cha Dec 2016 #46

Thank you Cha. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #62

Yes he Will! I have no doubt.. his office will be here for crying out loud! Cha Dec 2016 #63

Note that Alaska is on the Pacific side of the continent, as well. Hekate Dec 2016 #23

Bravo, Mr. President mobeau69 Dec 2016 #13

trumps cabinet-team are not smart enough Equinox Moon Dec 2016 #14

Smart people will work for them. That Exxon guy seems wicked smart. Hekate Dec 2016 #25

A spark of great news...and we desperately can use great news! RiverStone Dec 2016 #16

I know what you mean mobeau69 Dec 2016 #18

So true so true. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #22

Thank you, President Obama! Cha Dec 2016 #32

congress can pass a law repealing the 1953 law rdking647 Dec 2016 #41

We'll see... Cha Dec 2016 #43

Thank you, sir. For everything, Mr. President. littlemissmartypants Dec 2016 #37

'Commercial fishing enterprises may be affected permanently' is why. Sunlei Dec 2016 #52

Thank you President Obama Lotusflower70 Dec 2016 #55

I don't care what he has to do, as long as he does it! BigDemVoter123 Dec 2016 #61