Judge Orders President Biden To Respond To Motion Related To Fracking Lease Freeze

Mealey's (May 3, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT) -- MONROE, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana on April 28 set a deadline for when President Joseph R. Biden Jr. must respond to a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by multiple states that have sued the president contending that he violated federal law when he signed an executive order halting new hydraulic fracturing leases....