By and large this discussion doesn't interest me much, but the Commerce Clause applies to the Legislative branch, not the Executive. Congress certainly has power regarding interstate commerce, the President, however, only has the power to enforce legislation enacted by Congress.
Whether you think that Congress has given the President the authority to do such things is another matter, however, the Constitution does not provide that authority to the President directly. Judah On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > An appeal. The federal government has massive Constitutional power when > it comes to interstate commerce, which oil drilling falls under. Whether > it's right or not, they do have the legal power to put a moratorium on > it. I'd be surprised if a judge without a vested interest in the matter > would uphold the ruling. > > I was under the impression that the moratorium was motivated by fear of > another Deepwater Horizon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:34 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Need help understanding a current talking point > > > Are you talking about an appeal or a power grab. > Not sure if he can take over the oil companies for fun. As for the > appeal, the decision for the blanket moratorium was based on a bogus > claim by Salazar. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321865 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
