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Our judicial branch is still functional. That's refreshing whether you love or hate the tariff idea....Supreme Court strikes down bulk of Trump’s tariffs
The Supreme Court cast aside the bulk of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs Friday, obliterating a canon of his economic strategy in ruling that his use of an emergency statute to remake glob…
Or maybe one where the executive branch just executed the laws that are on the books and didn‘t try to make up new ones.
Too bad that if the money is refunded it won't go to the people who actually spent the money on them .....US .
Yep. That’s why it was blatantly illegal all along. Only Congress has the power to tax.
No no no. The supreme court is compromised and we live in a dictatorship.
This isnt the first admin to issue tariffs.
To be fair, we've allowed Executive Branch overstep for decades by allowing our congressmen to not do their job based on wanting them to have tenure so they could funnel money back to us and based on party loyalty/warfare. Trump has just ratcheted up the crazy to a level that makes you realize why too much executive power is a really bad thing. I'm not optimistic that we will learn anything. I expect the pendulum just to swing back way too far left as it normally does.
Without Congress acting on this scale? These were FAR beyond anything that had been done before.
Or how about the executive branch overstepping? That’s been going on for 30 plus years.
The ongoing problem is how cozy the legislative branch usually is with the executive. When both are under control of the same party, there is no separation. The legislature becomes a bill factory for the executive to sign.
Executive branch overstepping and legislative branch understepping.
This. 100% this. You can’t make the president all powerful just because you like his endgame.
Ole Abraham Lincoln might say 165 years
This is not a political statement because both parties do it. But Executive Branch has assumed a lot more power than the constitution allows & legislative branch just lets it happen. This goes all the way back to Thomas Jefferson & the Louisiana purchase (which was actually good that he did that, he had real reservations). But it’s been abused for several decades now. (And now I read the rest of the thread & realize I’m just repeating what several others have already said.)
"... so what now?"Supreme Court strikes down bulk of Trump’s tariffs
The Supreme Court cast aside the bulk of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs Friday, obliterating a canon of his economic strategy in ruling that his use of an emergency statute to remake glob…
If we are being honest the GOP has been infiltrated by MAGA. One man's brand. MAGA doesn't stand on traditional GOP values, nor promote the GOP in any way. They simply use the power that controlling one of two parties affords. They don't even pretend any more to hold traditional conservative values. I would argue that Republicans are not in favor, but the Republican party doesn't currently contain enough Republicans to matter...
The idea of thoughtfully considering the landscape and implementing economic reforms that give us the best shot at prospering in a global economy is not bad. If out of that consideration, by experts in the field pointed to a reasonable course to chart, then that would be OK. Randomly implementing various percentages of tariffs executively based on who you like the least or who disagreed with you, then changing on a dime and revoking them, sometimes within 24 to 48 hours is not policy. It's unfortunate the our country has real needs and does not elect adults.
I dont think tariffs are the answer for the problems you are describing. US and international trade and IP laws address that type of copying.
The damage has been done already.
My perspective is we get ripped off when foreign countries steal our IP, and we should have some pretty serious diplomatic measures for such things where the measure itself can reasonably be assured to deter future such activity (perhaps not possible?).
