Trump's Presidency Defanged?

By 6-3 Vote, Supreme Court Rules All of Trump's Tariffs Illegal

Of course Roberts and Coney-Barrett joined the left. I don't know why we say "joined the left." They're on the left.

Just going to guess that the libertarian Gorsuch also joined the left. (Update: He did. Actually I also just guessed that the liberal cooze Coney-Barrett once again joined the left, and that guess was right as well. Although it's barely a "guess," is it?)

Terrible.

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.

The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping "reciprocal" tariffs he levied on nearly every other country.

It's the first major piece of Trump's broad agenda to come squarely before the nation's highest court, which he helped shape with the appointments of three conservative jurists in his first term.

The majority found that the Constitution "very clearly" gives Congress the power to impose taxes, which include tariffs. "The Framers did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

Except that Congress has also been determined to have the power to delegate this power to Executive decision-making -- which is exactly what Congress did, in granting the President the power to "regulate... importation" in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

"The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly lawful," Kavanaugh wrote.

Trump called the majority decision "a disgrace" when he was notified during his morning meeting with several governors, according to someone with direct knowledge of the president's reaction, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversation.

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The majority did not address whether companies could get refunded for the billions they have collectively paid in tariffs. Many companies, including the big-box warehouse chain Costco, have already lined up to demand refunds in lower courts. Kavanaugh noted the process could be complicated.

"The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers. But that process is likely to be a 'mess,' as was acknowledged at oral argument," he wrote.

The Treasury had collected more than $133 billion from the import taxes the president has imposed under the emergency powers law as of December, federal data shows. The impact over the next decade was estimated at some $3 trillion.

Gunther Eagleman @GuntherEagleman

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🚨BREAKING: Justice Clarence Thomas just UNLEASHED pure FIRE in his dissent on the tariff ruling, dropping TRUTH BOMBS that expose the majority's BS and defend President Trump's America First authority like a boss!

He didn't mince words. He straight-up NAILED it:

"NEITHER the statutory text nor the Constitution provide a basis for ruling against the President."

BOOM. Read that again. The Constitution and the law ITSELF back Trump--no ifs, ands, or buts.

Thomas keeps swinging:

"Congress authorized the President to 'regulate . . . importation.' Throughout American history, the authority to 'regulate importation' has been understood to include the authority to impose duties on imports."

Historical facts don't care about your feelings, globalists.

He doubles down:

"The meaning of that phrase was beyond doubt by the time that Congress enacted this statute, shortly after President Nixon's highly publicized duties on imports were UPHELD based on identical language."

Nixon did it. Courts said YES. Same exact words. Case closed.

Then the kill shot:

"The statute that the President relied on therefore authorized him to impose the duties on imports at issue in these cases."

Crystal. Clear.