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FNC senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano on efforts to increase drilling in the U.S.
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Well the president says he is exploring for more drilling opportunities the US but is -- being dragged into -- by the courts the Obama administration was actually ordered to issue drilling permits free topped by a federal judge.
And it was held in contempt twice before compliant Fox News senior judicial analyst judge ended a volatile joining us now to talk about -- the president's.
Lying today everybody's got a -- it's a political season Republicans -- the president's -- today was that.
He is pushing ahead full steam ahead in getting this drilling going doing you know all -- -- -- the Republicans say he's being dragged -- it was right.
Well let me tell you what the president did it if you assume that the secretary of the -- -- of commerce who's in charge of issuing drilling permits for the Gulf of Mexico.
Would not make a major decision without conferring with the president the president did the following thumbed its nose at a federal judge.
Knowingly obstructed justice and refused to comply with the order of the federal judge.
To issue permits to drilling he ordered it three times the third timing of the secretary of commerce and contemporary secretary the secretary reserves is a certain correct I can tell us on thank you -- -- the secretary of interior and content.
And then he did something.
Almost unheard of -- -- -- career.
Ordered the federal government.
To pay the legal bills of the people who were silly.
These -- the other assets taxpayer well because that money does not come from those who actually refused to Obey his ruling the secretary of the interior.
It comes from taxpayers so who wins and that's the taxpayers end up paying the drillers -- suing the federal government.
We're not doing a lot of federal judge -- -- -- yeah.
-- -- -- -- -- -- Only in America but.
There is one point that the president makes that is very much truth that you cannot have one particular leader of one particular country.
Markedly -- down the price of gasoline there are many moving parts to this whether it's OPEC or the tensions between Iran and Israel.
What would make it work at least from the perspective here because.
We did under the Bush Administration which was much more lenient toward drilling have a 148.
Dollar barrel oil which was more -- -- now.
Because speculation.
Is still lawful as we speak that could end very soon which is what -- -- just set on our show just twenty minutes if the president were to change his mind on the pipeline.
And if the president -- -- Ken Salazar let the drilling start.
Gas prices would come down in 24 hours because of speculation that a suspect -- speculators would know.
Once the -- it succeeds once the gas pipeline is built they'll be a solid base of inexpensive.
And you and I know there is no law ever created by -- kind that stop speculation even in the Soviet Union at the height of Stalinism.
There was speculation you just can't do well one of the reasons I wanna speculate -- -- they criticized the two data -- and what some terrific thing it's the free market.
It's a willing buyer and a willing seller predicting what the prices going today they will predict the cast will go down that we'll Charlie go down.
If the drill -- O Reilly and follow -- waiting for in the Green room.
To beat the but -- on the frankly outrageous that the cops are credit for the free market judge -- -- -- time it was always great to -- if you look at thanks --
