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Watson joins other Secretaries of State in challenging President Biden's latest Executive Order

Watson said the EO calls for federal agencies to act beyond their Congressionally-specified functions and infiltrates state-run elections.
On March 7, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14019, titled “Promoting Access to Voting.”  The EO requires heads of federal agencies to deve ....

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Marine Mammals vs. Gas and Oil: Presidential Authority Under OCSLA


Carol J. Miller
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The quest to fulfill energy demands places whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals at substantial risk. When seismic surveys are used to explore for oil and gas, shock waves and rapid changes in pressure can cause tissue destruction and deafen marine mammals, who are highly dependent on their key senses for survival.
In the interest of conservation and prudent development of the natural resources, President Truman’s 1945 Proclamation asserted federal jurisdiction over natural resources, the subsoil, and the seabed of offshore resources of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States. Proclamation 2667, 10 Fed. Reg. 12,305 (Sept. 28, 1945). The goal of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), passed in 1953, is to balance protection for marine animals and restoration of coastal beaches and wetlands, with management of oil and gas exploration. 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331–1356(b) (1953). The 1978 OCSLA amendments addressed incre ....

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