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The decision to shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline affected hundreds of thousands of people directly and millions indirectly causing many to take issue including twenty one Republican state attorneys general who filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Biden administration.
Leading the fight are Montana and Texas, pointing out that Biden overstepped his constitutional authority when he revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline’s federal permit on Jan. 20 hours after entering office. The lawsuit against Biden was filed Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
“The power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce belongs to Congress – not the President,” Montana Attorney General Knudsen said in a statement Wednesday. “This is another example of Joe Biden overstepping his constitutional role to the detriment of Montanans.”
“There is not even a perceived environmental benefit to his actions – his attempt to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline is an empty virtue signal to his wealthy coastal elite donors,” Knudsen said. “It shows Biden’s contempt for rural communities in Montana and other states along the pipeline’s path that would benefit from and support the project.”
Congress never granted the president the authority to revoke the pipeline’s permit, which is a regulation of interstate and international commerce, according to the lawsuit. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole power to regulate interstate and international commerce.
Further, Biden violated the rules previously set by Congress on what actions the executive branch may take regarding the Keystone pipeline, the lawsuit said.
Biden stated that the pipeline does not align with his “economic and climate imperatives,” which include solving the world’s climate crisis.
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The decision to shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline affected hundreds of thousands of people directly and millions indirectly causing many to take issue including twenty one Republican state attorneys general who filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Biden administration.
Leading the fight are Montana and Texas, pointing out that Biden overstepped his constitutional authority when he revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline’s federal permit on Jan. 20 hours after entering office. The lawsuit against Biden was filed Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
“The power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce belongs to Congress – not the President,” Montana Attorney General Knudsen said in a statement Wednesday. “This is another example of Joe Biden overstepping his constitutional role to the detriment of Montanans.”
“There is not even a perceived environmental benefit to his actions – his attempt to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline is an empty virtue signal to his wealthy coastal elite donors,” Knudsen said. “It shows Biden’s contempt for rural communities in Montana and other states along the pipeline’s path that would benefit from and support the project.”
Congress never granted the president the authority to revoke the pipeline’s permit, which is a regulation of interstate and international commerce, according to the lawsuit. The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the sole power to regulate interstate and international commerce.
Further, Biden violated the rules previously set by Congress on what actions the executive branch may take regarding the Keystone pipeline, the lawsuit said.
Biden stated that the pipeline does not align with his “economic and climate imperatives,” which include solving the world’s climate crisis.
Read the full story here.