Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel
We'll see if SCOTUS rides to his rescue or not. I get the impression that the more centrist conservatives on the court have tired of Trump's lawlessness.
Quote:The cases centered on the president’s use of a 1977 federal economic emergency law to issue many of his steep duties, including some of his tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, and his “reciprocal” rates on much of the rest of the world, which Mr. Trump announced and then suspended in April.
The law does not specify tariffs as a tool available to the president to protect the United States from economic threats. But Mr. Trump has invoked its powers anyway, citing a need to take drastic action in response to a wide variety of urgent matters — including the flow of fentanyl into the United States, for example, and the country’s persistent trade deficit with much of the world.
It was not clear precisely when and how the tariff collections would grind to a halt. The decision gave the executive branch up to 10 days to complete the bureaucratic process of halting them. Shortly after the ruling, the Justice Department told the court that it planned to file an appeal.
We'll see if SCOTUS rides to his rescue or not. I get the impression that the more centrist conservatives on the court have tired of Trump's lawlessness.
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