Here we go—the ink wasn’t even dry on my warnings about getting embroiled in issues abt Tariffs that are not the bailawick of SCOTUS. The ONLY issues for the Court is whether the emergency designation was properly invoked. It wasn’t. If we are embarrassed, or in an financial crisis, bcz some bozos
2/in govt thought a 60yr pattern was an emergency, and no one had the balls to say “nyet”, is NOT smth the Court can fix, nor should it esp when to do so requires amending the powers the framers granted to the different branches. Moreover, there is a remedy: Congress. After lying for 7 months that
3/tariffs are paid by foreign countries (they are not), and not domestic taxes (they are), reception at Congress is likely to be frosty. But, Congress could just tax the rich to make up for the shortfall. Right? But, on no account should SCOTUS rescue Trump, Bessent and Lutnik from their
4/arrogant, lying, stupidity esp if they have to amend the Constitution by fiat to do it.