Posted on 02/20/2026 7:26:18 AM PST by NeverTyranny
The Supreme Court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s use of an emergency law to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on most U.S. trading partners, delivering a blow to the president in a case centered on one of his signature economic policies — one he characterized as "life or death" for the U.S. economy.
In a 6-3 decision, the justices invalidated Trump's tariffs.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in November in the case, which centered on Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact his "Liberation Day" tariffs on most countries, including a 10% global tariff and a set of higher, so-called "reciprocal" tariffs on certain nations.
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Conservative court???
If all the free traitors were hung from trees would we run out of domestic made rope or would we need to import some? Hypothetically of course.
POTUS is talking to the press and giving a Master Class on Presidential Governance. Tariffs will go on, 10% across the board. Certainty has returned to the Markets. Ashamed of the Justices who voted for. Asked will he work with Congress to work on Tariffs going forward he says “I don’t have to, already have other tariff options.
9-0 in favor of tariff authority so I agree with you.
Country by country Trump can employ quotas as bargaining in new negotiations to achieve the current already negotiated tariff results, but the administration’s lawyers will have to be careful which statute(s) they chose for doing that.
POTUS says he’s ashamed of Gorsuch and Barrett, he says it’s a shame for their families. WTH does that mean?
Makes no sense to grant total embargo authority to POTUS but not tariff authority which 100 times less punitive.
I could not find a citation, either.
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Did the Supreme Court order all the countries which raised tariffs, in response to Trump’s order, to lower them and return any tariffs collected?
It may not make sense but this is the Constitutional order. Only Congress can raise taxes, and a tariff is a tax. This is part of the separation of powers.
It doesn’t make any difference what the Constitution says.
What matters is what the USSCOTUS says the Constitutions says.
And it’s been that way since Marbury vs Madison.
Spelling fubar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGirt_v._Oklahoma
Let’s see what happens.
The bad guys on the SCOTUS are owned lock, stock and barrel (Roberts, maybe some other so-called 'conservatives'like Gorsuch and Coney) OR they are outright doctrinaire Communists like Kagan, Jackson, and the Wise Latina.
Trump will do his best to make the US free again, and the Communists and compromised will fight him every step of the way.
I am just unhappy with the POTUS for having selected traitors and ingrates to the SCOTUS. Unforced error on his part, and a big, big one.
VERY stupid for Trump to have put these people in the Court, for decades and decades to come. Very stupid.
Good riddance to the stupid tariffs which were always a dumb idea. Thank you SCOTUS
Hey globalist idiot, Trump is going to use the Trade Act of 1974 to reimpose tariffs. So if this upsets you then I suggest you move to China were you belong.
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And here’s what most people are missing in this Supreme Court decision.
The Supreme Court did not give a remedy.
They didn’t demand that the tariffs be given back or how.
Why?
I would argue that they knew what was coming.
The Supreme Court did not throw out the tariffs that Trump placed on countries because of “national security.”
Why?
The Constitution gives the president “plenary power” over “national security.”
The Supreme Court knew that was coming.
They literally DISTINGUISHED what tariffs are legal and what tariffs aren’t.
That’s a great PRECEDENT for the future.
Clear law instead of purposely ambiguous law, that allows for future abuse.
Trump just exposed the corrupt IEEPA law in order to set the table to get rid of it.
And trust me.
Go read my 2 Part 🧵 on this Supreme Court decision.
Obama and Brennan just s*** a brick.
Toshiro Takashi
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Fantasy world. Tariff leverage is gone. All alternatives will be challenged and given the compromised judicial branch, likely, overturned again. No country will take the tariff threat seriously again.
JoeLange
@JoeLang51440671
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You are blind to what just happened. The Supreme Court struck down specific tariffs that were based on the IEEPA law and left in place ALL the tariffs that Trump placed on countries because of “national security.” So what does Trump do? He immediately goes out and restores the same tariffs by declaring “national security.” Nothing has changed. The tariffs still apply and now there is legal clarification. The president has “plenary power” under the Constitution, when it comes to “national security.” Checkmate! It was the perfect boomerang!”
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This is not a Victory for the left. Its a President Trump double down loss for the left.
See:
“The Supreme Court just struck down tariffs based on the IEEPA law, that has been abused by past presidents, especially Obama. [See post #1- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirms tariffs remain in place] “
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4367659/posts
When people go ad homenim attacks I know I’ve already won the argument. I hate chicoms as much as anyone here, but they are already killing their own economy through government intervention. And supply chains have already shifted to other Asian countries as US companies don’t want to be tied to China after what happened in Russia.
If Trump wants to use the 1974 Trade Act by all means have at it. We will see how that goes. But the emergency powers act is off limits and we should all be thankful because the next democrat to hold that office would abuse the hell out of it.
I know when a butt hole has to respond and I don’t get the last post, that I got under their globalist thin skin.
Thank you for making my point. And it sounds like you are very familiar with buttholes.
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