.... And We Start Over....The Canadians Must Think This Country Is One Big Banana Republic....

....now a judge says that the Nebraska governor had no authority to approve the new Keystone XL 2.0 North route.

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February 21, 2014: TransCanada considering its next move in light of one more legal setback. LOL. Not much to consider. TransCanada just keeps making more money. Why worry.

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It is beyond me why TransCanada simply didn't use the existing Keystone route after all this time. Something fishy going on.

But I digress. "We" start the entire process over, I guess. The syndicated series, I-98, looks less and less fictional over time.

The Bismarck Tribune is reporting:

LINCOLN, Neb. — A judge has struck down a Nebraska law that allowed the Keystone XL oil pipeline to proceed through the state.

Lancaster County Judge Stephanie Stacy issued a ruling Wednesday that invalidated Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's approval of the route. Stacy says the decision should have been made by the Nebraska Public Service Commission, which regulates pipelines and other utilities.

The ruling could cause more delays in finishing the pipeline, which would carry oil from Canada to Texas refineries.

But it's a win for Nebraska-based pipeline opponents. They've argued that Heineman exceeded his authority when he approved the route in January 2013.

It appears that governors must govern by a different set of rules than the President of the United States, who through executive order, can change laws willy-nilly as long as the purse is not involved. LOL. 

Rumor has it the Nebraska Public Service Commission meets every five years. The commission is scheduled to convene in 2018, at the earliest, and there are no provisions for ad hoc meetings. At least that's the rumor. It appears the only shovel-ready jobs associated with the Keystone XL 2.0 North are legal jobs.