http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/2258/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/obama-administration-found-contempt-court-media-silent <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="179" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/JudgeGavel.jpg" /></div><p>On Thursday, Louisiana Federal District Court Judge Martin Feldman found that the Obama Interior Department was in contempt of his ruling that the offshore oil drilling moratorium, imposed by the administration in 2010, was unconstitutional. After Feldman struck down the initial drilling ban, the Interior Department simply established a second ban that was virtually identical.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/obama-administration-found-contempt-court-media-silent" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc AssociatedPress BiasAlert cbs CNN ContemptofCourt InteriorDepartment liberalmediabias NBC ObamaAdministration OilDrillingMoratorium Politico unconstitutional Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:50:00 +0000 37306 at http://archive2.mrc.org