‘Not for unelected judges to decide’

[NWRatCon]

Federal judges job is to ensure the constitutionality of actions of any administration. Tariffs, whether to impose them or not is an action belonging to congress, section 8, Article I. Now congress did give the president authority to impose Tariffs under the following laws passed by congress.

Trade Expansion Act of 1962:

This Act, particularly Section 232, authorized the president to adjust imports, including through tariffs, if they were found to threaten national security.

Trade Act of 1974:

This Act granted the president broad authority to negotiate trade agreements and adjust tariffs, as well as mechanisms to protect U.S. industries. Section 122 of the Trade Act also allowed for temporary tariffs to address "large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits".

Section 301:

Section 301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 also gave the president broad authority to take action, including retaliatory tariffs, against foreign practices that are unjustified, unreasonable, or discriminatory and burden U.S. commerce.

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA):

This law, passed in 1977, also provides the president with broad authority to address international economic emergencies, including through the imposition of tariffs.

Judges have the authority, power to ensure any administration hasn’t overstepped the above authority granted to the president. Overstepping would be unconstitution.

Almost entirely correct, except the last explicitly does NOT include tariffs.

You told us they don't have the authority and the ruling would be struck down. A delay on the ruling while reviewing the ruling is not the same thing as striking it down.


Did you even read your own link?

Never does.

 

[NWRatCon]

The court did NOT rule Trump had no authority to raise tariffs but rather that his 10% tariffs did not meet the criteria of the legislation he cited as the basis for those tariffs. I know the subtlety is difficult for some to grasp.

Some are simply incapable.

 

[NWRatCon]

Here's a global point that the OP makes that is simply ignored and dismissed by stupid people like Trump. Of course judges are unelected. That's the entire point of the Constitutional structure. Judges are supposed to be free of political influence (and most are, but that is changing - deliberately). They get their life tenure to insulate them from political pressure - exactly the kind of pressure Trump is trying to create.

 

[Roadvirus]

Righties will no doubt agree wholeheartedly.

Trump admin says tariffs are ‘immune from judicial scrutiny’ as it appeals order blocking levies​

Trump admin says tariffs 'immune from judicial scrutiny' in appeal to blockbuster ruling

The Trump administration is appealing a blockbuster federal court ruling blocking the president's tariffs on imports from nearly every foreign country.

lawandcrime.com

I was thinking about what line of defense Righties will use to back Trump's assertions. One of them will no doubt be about activist judges. Except.......



Oh no, Trump picked an activist judge who has gone woke and suffers TDS.

Standard copy and paste response that the administration has been using since the first judgements started coming down against them in response to lawsuits under Trump Term 2.0

 

[upsideguy]

He is not obligated to abide by an unconstitutional usurpation of his authority by the court.

That is idiotic. We are a nation of laws. He is indeed obligated to follow court decisions. You don't get to pick and chose what court decisions you like. That is not nation of laws, that is a dictatorship. Please be more American in your outlook.

 

[NWRatCon]

That is idiotic. We are a nation of laws. He is indeed obligated to follow court decisions. You don't get to pick and chose what court decisions you like. That is not nation of laws, that is a dictatorship. Please be more American in your outlook.

It's the kind of idiotic, un-American bullshit one expects of MAGAnaughts. I'm so thoroughly disgusted by it, I find it hard to be judicious.

 

[NWRatCon]

Oh FFS.

A tariff falls squarely into regulating any transaction in foreign exchange.

No it's not. That's just an idiotic argument. You'd be embarrassed to assert it if you had the capacity to be embarrassed, or the semblance of understanding either how laws or the Constitution works.

 

[NWRatCon]

What's really funny is if anyone other than Trump had tried this kind of overreach, these same sycophants would be screaming bloody murder. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Nor is blind obeisance.

 

[Ethel2]

He is not obligated to abide by an unconstitutional usurpation of his authority by the court.

The courts decide what is or is not constitutional. That is their role in this country. The Congress makes laws; the president is charged with enforcing them. Thats the way it works. If you are unhappy with the way it works here there are hundreds of other countries out there for you.

 

[NWRatCon]

The courts decide what is or is not constitutional. That is their role in this country. The Congress makes laws; the president is charged with enforcing them. Thats the way it works. If you are unhappy with the way it works here there are hundreds of other countries out there for you.

Article III, Section. 2.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority....

I KNOW, minor detail.

 

[Ethel2]

Article III, Section. 2.
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority....

I KNOW, minor detail.

Unfortunately the founding fathers forgot to include TEETH for the judicial branch to enforce their rulings in a meaningful way.