Attorney General Jeff Landry’s lawsuit against President Biden and other government officials will be heard at the Federal courthouse in Lafayette today. Landry said the Biden administration cannot legally halt all lease sales on public lands and it is impacting the cost of fuel.
“What’s unbelievable to me is at a time when energy prices are soaring and basically affecting the poor and middle class more than anyone else that this President continues to punish Americans,” says Landry.
Louisiana along with 12 other states are suing the President for acting beyond the scope of his authority by directing government agencies to stop all lease sales for public lands thus halting all future oil and gas exploration.
Landry said he feels confident about the case.
“Our Solicitor General Liz Murrill has done an excellent job, her and her team I think are very poised. I think we have a good judge who understands the issues,” said Landry.
Landry said while the administration might try to argue their actions are a temporary pause nothing suggests that the pause is only temporary. Having the case heard by a judge in an oil and gas state, Landry said is much more appropriate versus somewhere else.
“But it’s always good to have judges who have been able to grasp and understand some of these particular issues. It would be hard for a federal judge in Iowa to understand what exactly goes on in the Gulf of Mexico,” said Landry.
On Wednesday developer of the Keystone XL Pipeline announced the cancellation of the project to carry oil from Canada into the U-S due to the Biden administration’s withdrawal of their permit.
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