Trump Would Veto Bill to Curb Authority on Tariffs

NewsMax ^ | Monday, 07 April 2025 04:52 PM EDT | Nicole Weatherholtz

[Teacher317]

The current struggle between the 3 co-equal Branches of government is exactly what is SUPPOSED to happen! THIS is what the Constitution meant to create! Instead of ganging up and cooperating and stripping us of our Rights and Freedoms and our money, most of their time is being spent on fighting amongst themselves over who is in charge of what. Loving it!!

[AndyJackson]

Only a tyrant would veto a bill that takes his power away.

[SoConPubbie]

Only a tyrant would veto a bill that takes his power away.

????

Or a President who realizes it is just an attempt by Free Trade Traitors to keep him from solving the problem!

[pgyanke]

Technically speaking, this shouldn’t take a bill. The Constitution is clear about authority to levy tariffs and it belongs solely to Congress. They could take their case to the SCOTUS without a bill to stake their claim.

On the other hand, President Trump has invoked emergency powers...

[SoConPubbie]

Technically speaking, this shouldn’t take a bill. The Constitution is clear about authority to levy tariffs and it belongs solely to Congress. They could take their case to the SCOTUS without a bill to stake their claim.

No, they can't.

Their problem is that a previous Congress wrote another bill giving the President this power.

They have to undo it by Legislation since it was started by Legislation.

There is no end-run around this.

[rellic]

Originally our Federal government ran on Tariffs and excise taxes just fine. Then some fools decided an income tax with no limits was necessary and it’s been down hill ever since.
I like tariffs, because then I have a choice. Buy American or buy foreign. Income taxes are decided by the small portion (Poor Americans)who mostly don’t pay those taxes who join with Democrats making up a majority to tax all of us.
That was a major concern with income taxes, when the poor get the ability to tax people richer than them, guess what happens?
We all get poor.

I don’t buy new cars but if I did, I’d buy a American assembled 4 runner over a Japanese or Mexican assembled
4 runner if a tariff made all their prices equal.

[9YearLurker]

Good.

[9YearLurker]

Congress’s favorite is to give or take away executive powers that it doesn’t really have any legitimate say over.

[webheart]

Nobody needed Axios to report this.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well of course he would and there are not sufficient votes to overdue or at least very doubtful.

[DownInFlames]

The tariff issue started in 1937 when Congress relinquished their authority to FDR. This extends the depression another 4 years.

[SoConPubbie]

This extends the depression another 4 years.

Sure it does.

[DownInFlames]

Actually, any bill that violates the constitution is illegal and can go before the SCOTUS.

[DownInFlames]

The tariff issue started in 1937 when Congress relinquished their authority to FDR. This extended the depression another 4 years. It took WWII to end the depression.

[central_va]

Gross domestic product (GDP) of the USA in 1934 was 66 billion. Imports that year were $2.2 billion. So imports accounted for a tiny part of GDP, 3.3% to be exact.

So how in the hell does a tariff on 3.3% of total GDP cause and/or lengthen a depression. Answer: IT CAN'T!!!

[SoConPubbie]

The tariff issue started in 1937 when Congress relinquished their authority to FDR. This extended the depression another 4 years. It took WWII to end the depression.

Are you implying that President Trump's Tariffs will extend the a pretend Depression we are in or just talking about past history?

[central_va]

Please see my analysis in post 16 that destroys the farcical assertion made by that poster.

[Fledermaus]

Do you mean “not veto”?

[Fledermaus]

Uh, no it didn’t.

The Feds monetary policy of tight money did.