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To: ChicagoConservative27
This involves international trade and relations something even the Court has deferred to the executive branch. This is not a congressional law on student loans. They may find a stupid District judge to agree, but Trump will never comply and the Ninth Circus may not even want to touch this.
3 posted on 04/16/2025 5:57:09 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me)
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To: OldGoatCPO

This may be an issue where both the executive branch and Congress have authority. The executive branch administers laws passed by Congress. Only the executive branch has the power to conduct foreign policy. Arguably responding to unfair tariffs on US goods, by imposing reciprocal tarriffs is conducting foreign policy.

However only Congress has the power to levy taxes under the Constitution. A tariff is a tax. While the president administers taxes passed by Congress he cannot arbitrarily establish or impose a tax which has not been passed into law by Congress. California has asked the courts to determine if the very old federal law Trump is claiming gives him the authority to levy a new tax (ie tariffs) selectively.


9 posted on 04/16/2025 6:19:58 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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