So says the Supreme Court, including half of the conservative justices.
And that's that. The "emergency" tariffs are gone.
It's telling that one of the dissenting conservative justices, Kavanaugh, wanted to let the emergency tariffs stand not so much because he could muster an argument for their legality, but because it would be inconvenient to have to figure out how to compensate those who were forced to pay for illegal tariffs. Hint: he didn't mention foreign governments. He had this to say:
"The United Sates may be required to refund billions of dollars to importers who paid the IEEPA tariffs, even though some importers may have already passed on costs to consumers or others."
That's right: Kavanaugh tacitly acknowledged that it was American businesses and consumers who ended up paying for the tariffs. Of course, study after study has already figured this out.
And just yesterday it was found that the tariffs, for all their illegality, utterly failed to reduce the US trade deficit. At first it looked like they might, but duh: foreign countries enacted countermeasures, including stopping trade with the US and making deals with other countries instead. So by the end of 2025 it all blew up. Of course, anyone with a brain knew over a year ago that's how it would work out, but MAGA doesn't listen to facts, and merrily goes along inventing its own fantasies.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-trade-deficit-china-decoupling-exports-imports/
I'm going to go out on a limb a bit here and say that this is very likely the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.
@removed-by-poster removed their quoted postSpin spin spin.
Spin spin spin.
Never question Dear Leader. Even His losses are victories in disguise!
Spin spin spin.
Don't you get dizzy whirling in your own bullshit?
Non sequiturs and ad hominem seem to be all you have left. No: all you ever had.
Remove yourself permanently, and get some fresh air.
@Soothfast said2 of his 3 appointed justices were in the majority striking down the tariffs.
So says the Supreme Court, including half of the conservative justices.
And that's that. The "emergency" tariffs are gone.
It's telling that one of the dissenting conservative justices, Kavanaugh, wanted to let the emergency tariffs stand not so much because he could muster an argument for their legality, but because it would be inconvenient to have to figure out how ...[text shortened]... ut on a limb a bit here and say that this is very likely the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.
No surprise here except maybe that the dissenters picked up Kavanaugh. Most legal observers were pretty confident the SCOTUS would strike down the IEEPA tariffs.
@Soothfast saidWe can only hope.
So says the Supreme Court, including half of the conservative justices.
And that's that. The "emergency" tariffs are gone.
It's telling that one of the dissenting conservative justices, Kavanaugh, wanted to let the emergency tariffs stand not so much because he could muster an argument for their legality, but because it would be inconvenient to have to figure out how ...[text shortened]... ut on a limb a bit here and say that this is very likely the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.
@Soothfast saidAmerican justice moves terribly slowly. It should not even possible for one man to plunge the entire world's economies into chaos, as Trumpty Dumpty has done. But the High Court has spoken, truly: Congress, not the President, controls taxation and tariffs.
So says the Supreme Court, including half of the conservative justices.
And that's that. The "emergency" tariffs are gone.
It's telling that one of the dissenting conservative justices, Kavanaugh, wanted to let the emergency tariffs stand not so much because he could muster an argument for their legality, but because it would be inconvenient to have to figure out how ...[text shortened]... ut on a limb a bit here and say that this is very likely the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.
Trump, in true Trump style, will not relent--he thinks rules and court orders don't apply to him. He will try some other end run around both Congress and the SCOTUS.
@moonbus saidIt’s actually not.
American justice moves terribly slowly. It should not even possible for one man to plunge the entire world's economies into chaos, as Trumpty Dumpty has done. But the High Court has spoken, truly: Congress, not the President, controls taxation and tariffs.
Trump, in true Trump style, will not relent--he thinks rules and court orders don't apply to him. He will try some other end run around both Congress and the SCOTUS.
It’s congress who should be setting taxes, declaring wars, etc.
trump is an executive who should be making sure the laws of congress are passed. Not some semi-king of the orange dolls.
@Soothfast saidAnd guess who footed the bill for those illegal tariffs:
So says the Supreme Court, including half of the conservative justices.
And that's that. The "emergency" tariffs are gone.
It's telling that one of the dissenting conservative justices, Kavanaugh, wanted to let the emergency tariffs stand not so much because he could muster an argument for their legality, but because it would be inconvenient to have to figure out how ...[text shortened]... ut on a limb a bit here and say that this is very likely the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.
quote:
Trump's tariffs equated to a tax increase of $1,000 per household in 2025, according to a Feb. 6 report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation. Households are expected to pay an additional $1,300 in 2026.
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source
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/15/americans-paid-trump-tariffs-2025-inflation/88692687007/
We told you so a year ago, that Trump was lying when he said foreign countries would pay the tariffs. If American voters don't give the GOP a drubbing in Nov., they are willfully stupid.
@Soothfast saidAnd what changes? Damn you people are gullible! 🤡
So says the Supreme Court, including half of the conservative justices.
And that's that. The "emergency" tariffs are gone.
It's telling that one of the dissenting conservative justices, Kavanaugh, wanted to let the emergency tariffs stand not so much because he could muster an argument for their legality, but because it would be inconvenient to have to figure out how ...[text shortened]... ut on a limb a bit here and say that this is very likely the beginning of the end of Trump and MAGA.
@Mott-The-Hoople saidAmerican businesses and taxpayers are paying for the tariffs.
And what changes? Damn you people are gullible! 🤡
That includes you.
Who's gullible again?
@Mott-The-Hoople saidBusinesses will get the taxes they paid back.
And what changes? Damn you people are gullible! 🤡
Trump will have to use other means to put on tariffs which may require further steps and be time constrained (and might not pass SCOTUS review either). Note Footnote 4 in Robert's majority opinion:
"4 The principal dissent surmises that the President could impose “most
if not all” of the tariffs at issue under statutes other than IEEPA. Post,
at 62 (opinion of KAVANAUGH, J.). The cited statutes contain various com
binations of procedural prerequisites, required agency determinations,
and limits on the duration, amount, and scope of the tariffs they author
ize. See supra, at 8–9; post, at 62–63. We do not speculate on hypothet
ical cases not before us. "
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf
The SCOTUS has informed the Executive that it is subject to the law and this might not be the first of Trump's illegal actions based on dubious "emergency" declarations to fall.
@shavixmir saidWe know that but can you tell that to Trump? He seems to think he OWNS SCOTUS, and congress AND DOJ AND FBI AND CIA, all going after his political enemy list, Comey arrested, sitting CONGRESS folks arrested.
It’s actually not.
It’s congress who should be setting taxes, declaring wars, etc.
trump is an executive who should be making sure the laws of congress are passed. Not some semi-king of the orange dolls.
100% from the Authoritarian playbook.
@shavixmir saidHe's setting the Republicans up for disaster; the tariffs were unpopular before the SCOTUS decision: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fox-news-poll-trump-s-tariffs-faced-broad-disapproval-even-before-supreme-court-ruling/ar-AA1WLnjX?ocid=BingNewsSerp
The orangimoron has already slappped on 15% global taxes again.
The midterms are going to murder him.
BY a wide 60% to 23% margin, voters approved of the SCOTUS decision in this "flash" poll: https://news.meaww.com/60-of-americans-back-supreme-court-decision-blocking-trumps-emergency-tariffs-poll-finds