Biden Actually Did It… Trump is FUMING

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Last week, we reported that Joe Biden was likely going to issue an executive order to ban future offshore oil and gas leasing projects.

Well, on Monday, Biden did just that, more or less shutting down offshore projects anywhere around the United States.

For example, the entire East Coast is now protected, as are some Alaskan waters and waters in the Pacific Ocean.

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In all, Biden has blocked future leases on 625 million acres of the Atlantic and Pacific.

And Trump will huff and puff and say he will reverse this ban, there is nothing he can do about it.

Biden issued his order by using the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

This act gives a sitting president broad authority to protect any lands or waters he or she deems fit. However, the act does not give another president the authority to revoke the order.

Now, I expect Trump to try, but this issue has already been litigated by Trump during his first term, and he lost.

When Biden announced the new order, he stated, “My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have known for a long time: that drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation’s energy needs.

“It is not worth the risks.”

The only solace for Trump here is that the first challenge was only litigated in the lower courts, so we can take this to the appeals court and the Supreme Court.

The problem, however, is the wording of the law, which clearly gives the president the authority to ban these projects. This court is not likely to loophole a revocation by saying the law does not address the issue.

If that previous rule does hold up, Republicans do not have the numbers in Congress to reverse the ban, so this will stay in place.

The only exception would be to add this to budgetary legislation, where they can use reconciliation to force it through if it passes through the OMB during the review process.

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