Another One Bites the Dust: Mingo Logan Coal Company v. EPA ----- Obama's EPA loses another battle


District Court Judge Amy
Jackson rules against Obama 

On March 23, Judge Amy Jackson, an Obama appointee on the US District Court for DC, released her opinion in Mingo Logan v. EPA and it was not good for the Marxistmeister.
Obama lost the Hosanna/Tabor Lutheran Church v the EEOC decision in which he tried to force a church to hire an unbeliever as a teacher.  The decision was a Supreme Court ruling, 9-0  (Jan 23,2012) His two appointees voted with the majority. 
He lost the Sackett versus the EPA case,  in which his EPA tried to move against a court decision in demanding compliance from the Sackett family without offering them any legal recourse.  The Supreme Court ruled 9 - 0 against the Obama Administration.   (Feb 26, 2012).  Two of his appointees voted with the majority.  
Now, On March 23,  we have the District Court decision against the EPA,  ruling that it did not have the power to invalidate confirmed contracts,  especially those signed 4 freaking years ago!  The Obama Administration has gone into "coal country"  with a blotted EPA mandate to invalidate established contracts in the name of environment health.  
Understand that on January 22, 2007 After completing an environmental statement, the Army Corps gave Mingo Logan a permit under section 404 of the Clean Water Act allowing the company to discharge fill material into nearby streams.  Four years later,  almost to the day,  (January 13, 2011) the  EPA revokes the permit which was “unprecedented in the history of the Clean Water Act.”  Coal companies were furious.  Of course,   Mingo Logan filed suit,  seeking a  summary judgment, claiming that the EPA had exceeded CWA § 404(c) authority.  The court's decision saved 250 jobs and millions of dollars already spent on the project.  

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