( July 1, 2025, 1:57 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — States and a coalition of energy producers that operate in the Gulf of Mexico on June 30 filed a brief in Louisiana federal court seeking summary judgment and a declaration deeming part of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) unconstitutional under the nondelegation doctrine. They also seek a ruling that former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s withdrawal memos related to offshore hydraulic fracturing were “unlawful and ultra vires” because they were issued under the OCSLA section in question in a long-running dispute that has spanned presidential administrations....