Posted on 05/29/2025 2:19:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two courts ruled against the tariff policy enacted by President Donald J. Trump. On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump’s tariff policy was unlawful, blocking a central tenet of the president’s agenda on the economy and trade. The Liberation Day reciprocal tariffs led to scores of nations lining up to renegotiate their deals. We’ve already inked our new one with the United Kingdom. D.C. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras also ruled earlier today that the tariff policy was illegal, though he stayed his decision for 14 days to allow for the appeals process.
Yet, before the anti-Trump clown could celebrate, a federal appeals court, the full 11-member panel, stayed the ruling from the Court of International Trade, allowing for the tariffs to remain in place for now—a significant win (via NY Post):
A federal appeals court put the brakes Thursday on a lower court order that overturned most of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.
A full 11-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the federal circuit stayed the order by the Manhattan-based Court of International Trade while the White House appeal is heard.
The Court of International Trade had ruled that Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by imposing a 10% flat duty rate on dozens of countries around the world — as well as 25% tariffs on Canada and 20% tariffs on China and Mexico in response to illegal fentanyl trafficking.
The tariffs had been challenged by a dozen states and five small business — which the appeals panel gave until June 5 to respond to Thursday’s stay.
Onward.
Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt came out swinging against this judicial coup against the president:
.@PressSec: Set's the record STRAIGHT. 🔥
"Last night, the Trump administration faced another example of judicial overreach...3 judges of the U.S. court of international trade disagreed & BRAZENLY abused their judicial power to usurp the authority of Pres. Trump to stop him from… pic.twitter.com/OcUMTS7Mrs— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 29, 2025
What happened to plaintiffs having to post a bond that is forfeit if overturned?
Funny how this is not widely reported.
"Trump Scores BIG LEAGUE Win in Tariff Fight With the Courts"
Regarding tariffs, first consider that we never hear about the federal government's constitutionally limited power anymore, the unconstitutionally big federal government now regularly taxing and spending for things that the states have never expressly authorized the feds to do.
Regarding Congress's power to regulate tariffs, it is important to understand that Thomas Jefferson had noted that the early constitutionally limited power Congresses were able to pay for the federal government to operate using only tariffs.
“The rich alone use imported articles, and on these alone the whole taxes of the General Government are levied [emphasis added]. … Our revenues liberated by the discharge of the public debt, and its surplus applied to canals, roads, schools, etc., the farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings.” —Thomas Jefferson to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1811.
The main reason that unconstitutional, wasteful federal taxing and spending is now a major concern, thanks to PDJT47 and Mr. Musk, is this imo. Post-17th Amendment ratification (17A; popular voting for federal senators) crook politicians discovered that they could promise voters who have evidently never really studied the fed's constitutionally limited powers, every unconstitutional federal social-spending program under the sun to get themselves elected, voters ultimately taking the bait and electing them.
Then once in office, tax-hungry lawmakers fulfill their campaign promises by abusing their 16th Amendment power (direct taxes) to lay unconstitutional taxes to establish the likewise unconstitutional spending programs that they promised to clueless taxpayers on the campaign trail.
“Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves [emphasis added]. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
In other words, clueless voters who unthinkingly elect, and then reelect, their corrupt celebrity career lawmakers, lets call it insanity, also compare with drunk driving, have effectively aborted the constitutional republic.
In fact, consider that if patriots had had their voting act together, they could have theoretically replaced the entire Senate twice+ by now since Obama's first midterm elections.
The 16th Amendment is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for organized crime, that amendment also weakening our 4th Amendment protections imo, and desperately needs to be repealed along with 17A.
We'll call the repeal amendment Trump's Boston Tea Party II Amendment.
Once unconstitutional federal taxing and spend is stopped, the states will ultimately find a tsunami of new revenues that they probably won't know what to do with imo.
"16th Amendment: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived [emphasis added], without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."
"4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
"Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States." —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
“If the tax be not proposed for the common defence, or general welfare, but for other objects, wholly extraneous, (as for instance, for propagating Mahometanism among the Turks, or giving aids and subsidies to a foreign nation, to build palaces for its kings, or erect monuments to its heroes,) it would be wholly indefensible upon constitutional principles [emphases added].” — Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2 (1833).
The congressional record shows that Rep. John Bingham, a constitutional lawmaker, had clarified the federal government's constitutionally limited powers as follows.
”Simply this, that the care of the property, the liberty, and the life of the citizen, under the solemn sanction of an oath imposed by your Constitution, is in the States and not in the federal government [emphases added]. I have sought to effect no change in that respect in the Constitution of the country.” —John Bingham, Congressional. Globe. 1866, page 1292 (see top half of third column)
(Again) “Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors, shall all become wolves [emphasis added]. It seems to be the law of our general nature.” - Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Edward Carrington January 16, 1787)
Pelosi: "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." (non-FR; 6 sec.)
Illegals are indeed getting immediate Social Security, contrary to Democrat claims (7.11.24)
Democrats [and RINOs] Are Terrified Of An Educated And Informed Public (3.12.23)
Should this be “BIG LEAGUE” or “BIGLY?”
How would Trump most want it?
It’s in the BBB
Funny there were no injunctions with Obama tariffs or Trump tariffs in his first term or Biden keeping them.
These injunctions are now the only tool the left has.
SCOTUS doesn’t care because CJ Roberts is a useless punk.
There were articles last week that the judges are calling for more security as the SCOTUS rulings coming up are making them feel unsafe.
The biased, unethical PBS put it this way:
As Trump lashes out against courts, calls grow for judges to control their security force.
NOTE THIS PHRASE IN THE ARTICLE:
“... the full 11-member panel, stayed the ruling from the Court of International Trade, allowing for the tariffs to remain in place for now—a significant win”
What does the phrase “for now” mean?
That means moer uncertainty the way I see it.
Yes. Chaos. They love it.
CBC, Canada propaganda, has the Sads
“the full 11-member panel, stayed the ruling from the Court of International Trade”
And less than 24 hours after the ruling was issued, not in two or three weeks, or a month. Now that’s what I’m talking about!
How Vespa ever had a headline that wasn’t BIG. Vespa’s poorly reasoned opinion pieces are not news.
A stay is not a big win.
Americans need to start lining up and suing any Feral “court” of their choice. We never voted for those maggots in black robes. They have no right to try to rule over us like Kings and Queens, Fags and Lesbos.
The RATS will regret their hold on the Judiciary until the Judiciary turns on them. Their Judiciary and their downfall is assured.
Why, because they cannot see this or imagine that it could happen to them.
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