Reply #21: Yep, here's his 'justification' for the ruling... [View All]

[Spazito]

"Feldman agreed, saying in his ruling that the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasoning for the moratorium. He said it seemed to assume that because one rig failed, all companies and rigs doing deepwater drilling pose an imminent danger.

"An invalid agency decision to suspend drilling of wells in depths of over 500 feet simply cannot justify the immeasurable effect on the plaintiffs, the local economy, the Gulf region, and the critical present-day aspect of the availability of domestic energy in this country," Feldman wrote."

What a crock of shit but what else can one expect from right-wing appointees. This is a Bybee-esque ruling (Bybee being famous for the torture memos and his subsequent appointment to the judiciary).