President Donald Trump

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Economy
Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs

Ben Berkowitz

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President Trump.
Donald Trump at a 2024 event. Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

A federal court on Wednesday ruled President Trump does not have the authority under economic emergency legislation to impose sweeping global tariffs.

Why it matters: The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring the administration's trade war to a screeching halt.

Driving the news: The court, ruling in two separate cases, issued a summary judgment throwing out all the tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.

Trump used the 1977 law, which had never before been invoked in a tariff situation, to unilaterally impose sweeping trade levies worldwide.
The two groups of plaintiffs — businesses and states — sued on the grounds that the president's orders violated the Constitution's grant of authority over import duties to Congress.
What they're saying: "The question in the two cases before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 ("IEEPA") delegates these powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country in the world," the three-judge panel wrote.

"The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder."

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Huge if it holds

I assume you are being purposely obtuse

I assume you aren't being purposely obtuse.....because you are you.

This idiot really thinks that "they are eating the cats and dogs" was meant to be a deep comment on the nuanced state of our society and not some outrage farming

Outrageous claim, bro.

WAT?

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Wat

Republicans came on this forum to unironically state that Trumps most genius campaigning move was an ad that played during football games that said "Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you" and we are supposed to believe the people internalizing that message aren't furious 100% of the time

The administration is still talking about the 86 47 thing like it was a real threat against his life

you can't possibly be this stupid

Simple slogans work very effectively on simple minds.

Abject nonsense meant entirely to rage bait

You harassed me for a couple of months because I called you anti trans

You are an angry and insecure person and shouldn't be the one to contest what I'm saying

It's probably projection and not stupidity.

"They are attacking our religious conservatism"

I'm just scrolling through my twitter feed and its literally NFTs and Republican outrage baiting

lol, and you were wrong. not to mention your accusations came out of nowhere. apparently i made a post that upset you for years, lol.

and you are a f'in idiot.

"harassed for a couple of months." LIES (shocking, hehe)

Remember, post content Cordi, not whatever this is

Like I said, incredibly insecure

(February to April is a couple of months btw)

Cool. Rock on. And just lol at you knowing that. If so (and you are probably lying), perhaps it was because your insecure self banned me, my first ban EVER (not counting an incredibly inappropriate comment to Crossnerd which was deserved).

One ban since 2007 or whatever. Gee I wonder why that could be. Oh, a loser mod. You......are.....a........loser.

I'm heading out Corduroy. Enjoy your night. Whatever you respond with probably won't be read until the weekend.......so give it your all!!!!

Why are you calling me the liar when you know I didn't ban you. I gave you an infraction lol

The problem is trump using emergency power claiming any stupid reasons possible to acquire those power and congress doing nothing since trump is their hero ….

I respectfully disagree.

Good point. Probably a combination imo.