Posted on 05/28/2025 6:27:36 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation intensifying and the economy slumping.
The ruling from a three-judge panel at the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade came after several lawsuits arguing Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs exceeded his authority and left the country’s trade policy dependent on his whims.
But for now, Trump might not have the threat of import taxes to exact his will on the world economy as he had intended, since doing so would require congressional approval. What remains unclear is whether the White House will respond to the ruling by pausing all of its emergency power tariffs in the interim.
Trump might still be able to temporarily launch import taxes of 15% for 150 days on nations with which the U.S. runs a substantial trade deficit. The ruling notes that a president has this authority under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.
The ruling amounted to a categorical rejection of the legal underpinnings of some of Trump’s signature and most controversial actions of his four-month-old second term. The administration swiftly filed notice of appeal — and the Supreme Court will almost certainly be called upon to lend a final answer — but it casts a sharp blow.
The case was heard by three judges: Timothy Reif, who was appointed by Trump, Jane Restani, named to the bench by President Ronald Reagan and Gary Katzman, an appointee of President Barack Obama.
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I know. What kind of ignorant jackasses don’t see that as an emergency.
For one, I no longer give a damn what these feeble pieces of crap think. They have shown they only care about the Constitution when it is their ox getting gored.
So their opinions are meaningless. And we have plenty of them on this forum.
More than a few. They may be a Ukrainian theorist, they may be a free trader, maybe they were for Romney, or DeSantis… And they love anything that they perceive gets even with Trump. Some of the same ones also very much enjoyed seeing the January Sixers locked up and resented them getting pardons.
De facto the great legal minds ARE making the decisions.
The legal system is far from a real time decision system. They shouldn’t meddle in real time systems with time constants orders of magnitude shorter than their capability.
My Apple calls that trump wrecked last week have risen from the dead.
Presidency is finished if he doesn’t push back(and he won’t)
There is no “existential risk” clause in the Constitution. And I’d argue (as I did above) that the $28 trillion national debt we owed in the last year of President Trump’s first term was less of a risk only by a degree.
What if Biden or his autopen decreed that due to a $30 trillion debt, to save the nation income tax rates would be raised by 50% across the board?
I’m stubbornly short that name. But my longs in PLTR, MIR, AMSC, AI, and OKLO have mitigated my loss.
Serious answer: How can one abolish that which doesn't exist ?
“But you’re a Ukraine enthusiast, and an anti-Trumper”
Maybe Timothy Reif is too.
Upon graduating from law school, Reif worked as an associate at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy for two years. From 1987 to 1989, he served as an attorney-advisor with the United States International Trade Commission. Reif worked as an assistant and associate counsel in the Office of the United States Trade Representative from 1989 to 1993. He was trade counsel to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means from 1993 to 1994 and later spent a decade as Chief International Trade Counsel to the committee. Between his stints on congressional staffs, Reif worked as Special International Trade Counsel at Dewey Ballantine, LLP. From 2009 to 2017, he served as General Counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative. From 2017 to 2017, Reif served as a senior advisor to the United States Trade Representative. Since 2014 he has been a Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He has also taught at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Georgetown University Law Center.
On June 7, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Reif to serve as a United States judge of the United States Court of International Trade. On June 18, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Reif to the seat vacated by Judge Richard K. Eaton, who assumed senior status on August 22, 2014. On November 28, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Reif for a federal judgeship. His nomination was sent to the Senate later that day. On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. On August 1, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a voice vote. He received his judicial commission on August 8, 2019.
that is exactly what Biden and every governor in the US did with covid.
Nope. Futures were only up 120 after that. Now up 500.
The case was heard by three judges: Timothy Reif, who was appointed by Trump, Jane Restani, named to the bench by President Ronald Reagan and Gary Katzman, an appointee of President Barack Obama.
Apple and Amazon didn’t explode on nvda earnings. It was the tariff announcement. Same with emini quote
As of February 14, 2024:
# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
24 Chief Mark A. Barnett New York City 1963 2013–present 2021–present Obama
25 Judge Claire R. Kelly New York City 1965 2013–present — — Obama
26 Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves New York City 1969 2016–present — — Obama
27 Judge Gary Katzmann New York City 1953 2016–present — — Obama
28 Judge Timothy M. Reif New York City 1959 2019–present — — Trump
29 Judge M. Miller Baker New York City 1962 2019–present — — Trump
30 Judge Stephen Vaden New York City 1982 2020–present — — Trump
31 Judge Lisa Wang New York City 1980 2024–present — — Biden
32 Judge Joseph A. Laroski New York City 1971 2024–present — — Biden
11 Senior Jane A. Restani New York City 1948 1983–2015 2003–10 2015–present Reagan
13 Senior Thomas J. Aquilino New York City 1939 1985–2004 — 2004–present Reagan
19 Senior Judith Barzilay inactive 1944 1998–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
20 Senior Delissa A. Ridgway inactive 1955 1998–2019 — 2019–present Clinton
21 Senior Richard K. Eaton New York City 1948 1999–2014 — 2014–present Clinton
22 Senior Timothy C. Stanceu New York City 1951 2003–2021 2014–21 2021–present G.W. Bush
23 Senior Leo M. Gordon New York City 1952 2006–2019 — 2019–present G.W. Bush
> Serious question: do you wish to abolish the Republic?
Serious answer: How can one abolish that which doesn’t exist ?
Thanks for your answer. I’m guessing that you’d have no problem sending Congress and the courts home and entrusting the future of our country to one man. It’d save a lot in salaries.
[As a side note, if it’s once it’s a thousand times that all of us have heard and most have us have stated the position that we live in a Republic, not a Democracy. I guess we are now neither.]
The courts should then be sanctioning Congress to do their Constitutional duty, not attacking the Execuative.
A voice vote in August 2019?
Yep. Two appointed by Republicans and one by a Democrat. And the Trump appointee agreed that the Administration overreached.
So a couple of people come whining to this court about tariffs hurting them and the court decides to issue a worldwide injunction against all tariffs. What a bunch of megalomaniac idiots.
These federal - or should that be 'feral'? judges can run the country. (Do I need a 'sarc' tag?)
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