The Obama administration is having a very bad week. Today, federal judge Martin Feldman issued an order barring the administration from implementing its six-month moratorium on deep-water oil exploration in the Gulf. Judge Feldman reviewed the order under the Administrative Procedure Act. Applying the APA's standard, Judge Feldman found that the administration's action was arbitrary and capricious.

Judge Feldman was influenced by the fact that the Obama administration's order relied heavily on a lie: