(May 30, 2025 at 6:50 am)Alan V Wrote:(May 30, 2025 at 6:30 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Really? I can. Justices who are bought and paid for will have no problem using novel interpretations of your Constitution to rule however Trump wants them to.
Boru
I realize that exceptions to the Constitution's delegation of tariffs to Congress have been written into law, but Trump is pressing the boundaries of any reasonable interpretations of those laws to make them do what he wants them to. That's what the judges' pushback on his interpretation of the IEEPA was about. And yes, Trump can resort to other laws to try to impose the same tariffs. But he is certainly testing the limits of presidential powers, and is undermining essential checks and balances in the process.
If Congress was in the hands of Democrats, Trump would already be constrained by their pushback against his abuse of the tariff laws.
None of which has anything to do with whether the Supremes will subvert the Constitution to give Trump what he wants. You can’t imagine that they will, I can’t imagine that they won’t.
Boru
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