What part of the word illegal don't they understand? https://splinternews.com/judge-rules-against-trump-reinstates-oil-drilling-ban-1833691786 Judge Rules Against Trump, Reinstates Oil Drilling Ban in Arctic Waters In a major blow to the Trump administration’s energy plans, a federal judge has declared the president’s attempt to open up the Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas drilling illegal. The ruling restored permanent protections put in place by the administration of President Barack Obamathat covers over 120 million acres of Arctic waters. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason stated in a ruling made public on Fridaythat Trump had exceeded his presidential authority when issuing an April 28, 2017 executive order ending the Obama administration’s ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
So the executive order of a new President cannot overturn the executive order of the previous President. Something tells me this ruling will never stand up on appeal.
Obama's wasn't an executive order, think chess, not checkers https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol67/iss4/4/ https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/green-life/obama-bans-oil-drilling-arctic-atlantic The 1953 OCSLA gave the federal government jurisdiction over all submerged lands more than three miles offshore—that is, outside of state coastal waters. It gives the Department of the Interior the ability to lease offshore tracts for oil and natural gas, but its section 12(a) specifically allows the president to “withdraw from disposition any of the unleased lands of the outer continental shelf.” Since there is no provision for a succeeding president to reverse such an order, it is presumed to be permanent.
As outlined by many at the time and the many infuriated people in Alaska, Obama demonstrated absurd overreach in pushing these protections. I believe this court decision will be quickly overturned on appeal.