BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has
achieved another victory over Joe Biden with U.S. District Court Judge Terry
Doughty issuing a permanent injunction against the Biden Ban. The federal court
declared Biden exceeded his power when halting oil and gas leasing and drilling
permits.
“I am pleased the Court recognized that the President
stepped outside his authority,” said Attorney General Landry who led the multi-state lawsuit.
“Biden’s energy policies have crushed American families with higher energy
bills for their homes and vehicles.”
Agreeing with Attorney General Landry, Judge Doughty ruled
that Biden’s policy violated the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) and Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). President Biden’s order, the judge wrote, was “beyond
the authority of the President of the United States”: “Even the President
cannot make significant changes to the OCSLA and/or the MLA that Congress did
not delegate.”
“We will continue to ensure that American energy policy is
crafted by the Legislative Branch, not the Judiciary or Executive,” added
Attorney General Landry. “We must keep fighting and winning to bring relief to
American consumers.”