Supreme Court issues ruling on Trump tariffs case

[LMAO]

Nope. Screwed by Trump.

Yup

Despite the howling, it’s a great day for the US Constitution and the separation of powers 

We have a Constitution that overrides TACO’s tantrums 


Failed presidency

[Free Vulcan]

I believe the old saying that there's more than one way to skin a cat is going to come into play here.

[LMAO]

The USSC deserves a round of applause for saving  TACO from his own stupidity

Bravo!!👏

[dfwgator]

The USSC deserves a round of applause for saving  TACO from his own stupidity

Bravo!!👏

The only cheering is coming from Beijing.

[Free Vulcan]

Paul's right.  And I've said all along that Trump's tariff's were unconstitutional and would come back to bite.  So here we are...

Except that's not what the court said. It only disallowed the President from using emergency IEEPA powers.

[MeganC]

Tom Fitton
@TomFitton
BREAKING: In a confused decision, a divided majority of the Supreme  Court found that the congressional statue authorizing a president to "regulate importation" could allow President Trump to completely shut down imports but not impose the lesser penalty of tariffs. As Justice Kavanaugh observes in a sensible dissent:
"As (the majority) interpret(s) the statute, the President could, for example, block all imports from China but cannot order even a $1 tariff on goods imported from China."
The decision is an immediate loss for @RealDonaldTrump
 but also places our national security at risk in that it undermines a useful foreign policy tool for a president in national emergencies.

Then Trump can shut down trade with China. Perhaps this is what he wanted anyway and now the US Supreme Court has painted themselves into a corner.

 

[MeganC]

The only cheering is coming from Beijing.

I doubt they're cheering when Trump's new tool gifted to him by our black robed ruling council is a trade embargo.

[Free Vulcan]

Yup

Despite the howling, it’s a great day for the US Constitution and the separation of powers 

We have a Constitution that overrides TACO’s tantrums 


Failed presidency

For a second there I thought Don Lemon posted there.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2024889560325316927

[mystery-ak]

Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
·
38m
According to a source OUTSIDE THE ADMINISTRATION on POTUS reaction to tariff ruling during governors breakfast:
 
“an aide came in, handed him a note, he called it a disgrace and then he went on with the remarks”
 
Contradicts CNN reporting about an expletive-laden rant

[LMAO]

Taco’s indictments against political opponents flopping and now this shot down


Incoming 3am rage tweets!!!!

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/WellsJorda89710/status/2024874774044782794

[DefiantMassRINO]

Let's see what legislation the GOP-majority Congress puts forth.

[cato potatoe]

For a minute there I was afraid the Republicans would hold the senate.  But it seems Trump will find other ways to keep prices elevated and brag about it. 

[mystery-ak]

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump is holding a press conference on SCOTUS’ striking down his tariffs at 12:45 ET

LFG! 🔥

Trump has a Plan B, time to get it in motion! 🇺🇸

47 will not back down.

[mystery-ak]

Sidney Powell 🇺🇸 Attorney, Author, Gladiator
@SidneyPowell1
·
1h
Justices out of their lane strike again‼️ They should run for President.  The good news is that @POTUS
 already accomplished most of what was needed—major trade improvements, agreements, and manufacturing coming back to the USA. Plus, there are other provisions he can use. Still a bad decision though.

[Bigun]

Sidney Powell 🇺🇸 Attorney, Author, Gladiator
@SidneyPowell1
·
1h
Justices out of their lane strike again‼️ They should run for President.  The good news is that @POTUS
 already accomplished most of what was needed—major trade improvements, agreements, and manufacturing coming back to the USA. Plus, there are other provisions he can use. Still a bad decision though.

  

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Did everyone Rump appoint rule against him? That should tell you something.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The Republican-majority Congress could write legislation to remedy the situation ... but, nahhh, they're not going to do that.

[DCPatriot]

 

Actually, I'm feeling more comfortable and relaxed with the 6-3 decision...now that I understand he has other tools to use.

If it had been 6-3 the other way, we'd be regretting it in short order.

Plus, by losing this vote, we've taken away The 'Conservative' SCOTUS as a campaign issue.


Ahh...just making lemonade here..   

[mystery-ak]

Monica Crowley
@MonicaCrowley
·
2h
President Trump has plenty of tools in the tariff toolbox.

Don’t be a Panican!

Trust Trump 🇺🇸

[mystery-ak]

Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee
While IEEPA is absurdly vague in countless ways, it expressly authorizes the President to “regulate … importation.”

Given that tariffs are the principal means by which the U.S. government “regulates … importation,” I find it puzzling that the Supreme Court believes IEEPA confers no authority to impose tariffs in this instance.

The Supreme Court purported to resolve this case while deciding very little—creating a massive mess of avoidable confusion and uncertainty.

Congress, for its part, carries a lot of blame for enacting obscenely vague laws—IEEPA being one of many examples of this—and then leaving it up to the other two branches to “iron out the details,” which often means the executive and judicial branches then have to decide what the law should be.

That’s not their job; the executive is there to enforce the law and the courts exist to resolve disputes over what the law means.

This should serve as a wake-up call to the American people.

Congress has grown addicted to the practice of adopting impossibly vague statutory language, effectively delegating its lawmaking power to the other two branches.

This, in turn, subjects the American people to enormous uncertainty and confusion.

Today the Supreme Court did not meaningfully address this problem.

If anything, it made matters much worse.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/GraysWeekly/status/2024910979134579131

[Free Vulcan]

For a minute there I was afraid the Republicans would hold the senate.  But it seems Trump will find other ways to keep prices elevated and brag about it.

Which is a fever dream of yours. It's already been posted here what has come down, a broad basket of goods.

[mystery-ak]

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
🚨JUST IN: President Trump is already COUNTERPUNCHING the SCOTUS tariff slapdown!

New York Times reports he’s gearing up to INVOKE NEW TRADE AUTHORITIES and slap a FRESH, ACROSS THE BOARD TARIFF on trading partners!
12:00 PM · Feb 20, 2026

[dfwgator]

The Republican-majority Congress could write legislation to remedy the situation ... but, nahhh, they're not going to do that.

That means they would actually have to do something.   Can't have that now, can we?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2024916499106758872

[rustynail]

The Republican-majority Congress could write legislation to remedy the situation ... but, nahhh, they're not going to do that.

They are moving at the speed of Mitch.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2024917096795082806

[Free Vulcan]

Actually, I'm feeling more comfortable and relaxed with the 6-3 decision...now that I understand he has other tools to use.

If it had been 6-3 the other way, we'd be regretting it in short order.

Plus, by losing this vote, we've taken away The 'Conservative' SCOTUS as a campaign issue.


Ahh...just making lemonade here..   

I don't for the most part think they were wrong here. It will limit emergency powers of a Rat president too, and as you say he's got a whole box of tools left, plus he's already accomplished much of what he wanted anyway.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2024917966903714068

[jafo2010]

The legislative branch of government has been nonfunctional for decades.  They abdicate their responsibility every day.

One of their most important responsibilities is determining a budget for a fiscal year.  We still do not have a budget for the fiscal year that started October 1, 2025.  Failure to create a budget in advance of the fiscal year should result in everyone in Congress facing election.

And TERM LIMITS are the only solution to get rid of the dead wood in Congress.

President Trump is trying to correct situations that have existed for decades because Congress refuses to do their damn job.  And what is utterly pathetic is that the Republicans are working almost as hard to stop Trump as the stinking Democommies. 

The ONLY WINNER of this decision are the stinking lawyers.  Probably $1 billion in billable hours for stinking lawyers.  Disgusting.

[libertybele]

Yup

Despite the howling, it’s a great day for the US Constitution and the separation of powers 

We have a Constitution that overrides TACO’s tantrums 


Failed presidency

Taco?  Seriously?  Accusations of a failed presidency??    I have to chuckle. Enjoy Little Somalia! 

[dfwgator]

I don't for the most part think they were wrong here. It will limit emergency powers of a Rat president too, and as you say he's got a whole box of tools left, plus he's already accomplished much of what he wanted anyway.

When it's a Rat Presidency, they will bend over for them.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Tariffs are a 'tax', no matter who allegedly ends up paying them.  Only Congress has the power to tax. 

This will come in handy when next Dem Admin attempts to issue Executive Orders to euphemistically tax America's domestic energy industry into oblivion.

[libertybele]

The legislative branch of government has been nonfunctional for decades.  They abdicate their responsibility every day.

One of their most important responsibilities is determining a budget for a fiscal year.  We still do not have a budget for the fiscal year that started October 1, 2025.  Failure to create a budget in advance of the fiscal year should result in everyone in Congress facing election.

And TERM LIMITS are the only solution to get rid of the dead wood in Congress.

President Trump is trying to correct situations that have existed for decades because Congress refuses to do their damn job.  And what is utterly pathetic is that the Republicans are working almost as hard to stop Trump as the stinking Democommies. 

The ONLY WINNER of this decision are the stinking lawyers.  Probably $1 billion in billable hours for stinking lawyers.  Disgusting.

I couldn't agree more.   Term limits are much, much, needed.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2024918607767933139

[mystery-ak]

MJTruthUltra
@MJTruthUltra
And there it is.. Plan B

🚨 Within Justice Kavanaugh's dissent, He says the Supreme Court got it wrong, but says Trump still has all the Cards: 

The IEEPA law does let the President impose tariffs during a national emergency (based on its text, history, and precedents). 

The majority wrongly applied the strict "major questions doctrine" to block it in foreign affairs/trade. 

Even if the ruling stands, Presidents can likely impose similar (or MOST OF THE SAME) tariffs using these other trade laws instead: 
— Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232 – national security). 
— Trade Act of 1974 (Sections 122, 201, 301 – unfair trade, safeguards, balance-of-payments). 
— Tariff Act of 1930 (Section 338 – retaliatory tariffs). 

These require a few extra steps (like INVESTIGATIONS), but cover the tariffs at issue. 

Bottom line: Legaly, he says this was the wrong call, but Presidents do have major workarounds via those other statutes.

https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf

[Luis Gonzalez]

No worries --- Congress will save the day.

Next time try [sarcasm], [/sarcasm].

[DCPatriot]

IMO, this doesn't bode well for the upcoming Birthright-Citizenship ruling.   

[mystery-ak]

TACO's...what does that stand for?

[DCPatriot]

TACO's...what does that stand for?

Trump Always Chickens Out

[mystery-ak]

Trump Always Chickens Out

 

[bigheadfred]

TACO's...what does that stand for?

 "Trump always chickens out."

[jafo2010]

Our Congress is not worth used TP.  How they even have a single digit favorability rating is a mystery.

And the Republicans are the worst!  At least the Democommies have an excuse, they are either communists wanting to destroy our nation in behalf of China, or they are certifiable lunatics and belong in a padded room.  The Republicans are quite satisfied to do virtually nothing in Congress.

[Free Vulcan]

TACO's...what does that stand for?

It means Trump Always Chickens Out. Which he didn't here, and actually took a bold move that got slapped down.

But hey, sometimes all they got is monkey poo, so they throw it out there and see if it sticks.

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/2024918497521008736

[Free Vulcan]

Our Congress is not worth used TP.  How they even have a single digit favorability rating is a mystery.

And the Republicans are the worst!  At least the Democommies have an excuse, they are either communists wanting to destroy our nation in behalf of China, or they are certifiable lunatics and belong in a padded room.  The Republicans are quite satisfied to do virtually nothing in Congress.

We need to primary, Texas is coming up in a couple of weeks to kick off the season. And I know the whole Congressional purse strings thing, but whatever people make think of Trump's presidency, his campaign this time was masterful. He was outspent ShamaKamaladingdong by what 5=to-1? Yet he still trounced her just with good old fashioned retail politics.

Get enough conservatives in there to overcome the RINO's and change can be had.

[Timber Rattler]

Trust Trump 🇺🇸

Famous last words.

[Luis Gonzalez]

I started digging the web looking for Trump’s options and I had this in my notes when he started discussing options:

“Unfair trade practices”. Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Statute gives the executive branch authority to respond to violation of trade agreements discriminatory/unreasonable practices that impact US commerce negatively.

Other option of course, is to go ahead an use the nuclear option. Then as long as you’re there anyway, go ahead and stack SCOTUS with TPUSA 30-something justices, redistrict the crao out of the nation, then make redistricting illegal, past the SAVE America Act, restructure the a census by excluding illegals immigrants from counting toward congressional representation, terminate the birthplace citizenship shit, finish the wall and mount gun turrets on it, set two genders into law

Then finally, as a final to the Left, reinstate the 60 vote rule on the way out.