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Neal Katyal: "In America, the chief justice said only Congress can impose taxes on the American people, and that's what tariffs are. Tariffs are taxes."

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Then trump steals those tax dollars and puts them into a slush fund that only he can control. He’s been ripping us off since day one. Cancelling programs and science that benefits US, so he can pocket the $$. Yet MAGAts refuse to see this!

Has Trump realised yet that basically no one likes him anymore?? Just his billionaire associates who are trying to make as much money from Americans before it all goes tits up.

Now there is a lot of avoidable clean up to deal with. Damage done to our allies will be hard to ever repair. It’s on you Congress! Wake up and start doing your god damn job.

Besides the welcome news for American businesses and consumers, this also means...they'll bomb Iran this weekend. Also, who is minding Treasury? Who watches over the collected tariffs??

Hopefully John Roberts & the other 5 members of his "Club" are coming to their senses. They should be saying - "OK, we showed the people we have some balls. That's step 1." Step 2 - "Now we have to clarify (amend) that immunity ruling and save this place before it's too late". Months ago...

Yes definitely get busy working on rescinding that immunity ruling. It’s allowing this narcissist idiot to wreck havoc on our country. It affects other countries also. You can’t give power to a narcissistic fool & expect him not to use it. He’s dangerous. Wants to destroy us all.

Some need to see destruction right under their noses before they take action. Some don't believe the horrible stories about the pedophile in our #WhiteHouse are true. #SCOTUS gave him broad powers, then he proved to them the stories were true. Hopefully, their eyes are more open to his treachery.

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They will say the moon is made cheese if maga says it. It is irrelevant, and they should be removed as their partisanship is more relevant than their knowledge of law, if anything. Is like a doctor refuses to help you with a broken arm because he "believes" in "natural healing" shit.

SCOTUS: Tariffs are taxes. President cannot levy taxes on his own. Trumpedo: I’m gonna raise tariffs by 10%…..no, no, make that 15%. (Punishing the American taxpayer for the imaginary sins of other countries that have allegedly taken advantage of US). Totally logical.

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the Orange 🍊 TACO 🌮 King’s tariffs are unconstitutional, and therefore illegal! Only Congress can pass taxes… and that’s EXACTLY what tariffs are! 🤘💙💛💀💛💙🤘

Trump has already called this ruling “ a disgrace,” says he has a backup plan. Perhaps SCOTUS Justices should consider joining the group of Democrats who stated they‘ll pass on the SOTU address. Sam Alito hasn’t attended a SOTU since 2010 when he mouthed the words “Not true” during Obama’s address.

Indeed he was. Context of the 2010 SOTU live breech of protocol and impartiality by Justice Alito: Commenting on the recent Citizens United ruling President Obama stated, "Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.”

I’m sure those in charge have given him a backup plan. He’s not smart enough to do this alone. SCOTUS needs to get rid of that immunity ruling. It gives him & his flunkies to much leeway to keep screwing us over. Thats their objective to keep us in line as they strip away our rights.

Some SCOTUS Justices came to that realization a bit late. I wonder how they liked hearing Trump label the justices who ruled against him “fools and lap dogs”, or how he suggested that they had been corrupted by unspecified foreign influence and “slimeballs.” Except for Alito,Thomas and Kavanaugh.

. Love listening to Neal Katyal, who's argued many cases before the Supreme Court through the years. And his Great description of all those protective layers he put on his feet before walking out of Burning Man. NOT mud, it's a high pH, alkaline, caustic substance causing chemical burns to feet. .

You are so right. Read the freakin law and say 'no, you can't do that' instead of letting King Donald do what the hell he wants. What's the point of written down laws when they can just be ignored until the highest court in the land reads them? This is nonsense.

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No really? Tariffs are taxes? Damn, we needed an authority for that. Next thing is: Supreme Court confirm the earth is not flat and the sun goes up in the east.

Meaning Congress is a millisecond from voting to relinquish their power on the matter. Watch this move with lightning speed for congressional approval. The pressure will be on the house and senate, as they get swallowed by the pedo White House.

Attorney Neal Katyal, Liberty Justice Center, Sarah Albrecht & business owners are Heros of the People. We must all seek the awakening of our Courage every day.

The executive knew that they did not have the power to impose tariffs under the emergency powers. They successfully utilized the technique to blackmail countries into personally enriching, Donald through his meme coin and other methods.

I guess the other three justices don't think tariffs are in fact taxes, or don't think it's a problem for this particular Republican president to use totally bullshit pretexts about "emergencies" to do anything he pleases.

They “say” they are saving the country.In their way of seeing things (a kind of transactional capitalism) they see the encroaching new competitions of global powers as a sure defeat of their old way. Unless their bully savior can change the trajectory their fortunes, real or imagined, will crumble.

It may or may not be a surprise. But there is an International Voluntarily Boycott of American Made. Led by the Canadian population. They are still Miffed at your wannabe American Statesman. When he said, that The Independent Sovereign Country of Canada should become the 51st State. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

As a Canadian that spent the majority of his life living in the states (NY and SoCal), I can tell you firsthand that miffed is not the appropriate word. Multigenerational disgust is more like it. Done and Done. 🤣💀😂

The Canadian PM's speech at Davos was scorching hot fire and declared for the world that we can build a cooperative economy no longer beholden to American tricks When America slips further into third-world status under this polite embargo, maybe USians might finally start listening to smart people

You know would be great if somebody could sit down with the giant bloated blob of protoplasm, Donald Trump, and explain to him what a tariff is. Explain it like he’s a third grader, that’s about his level of compensation

National Sales Tax No one can absorb that sort of levy States go through legislation to impose.25 incrementally to 1% at a time & that is allot to do in any state Not including fuel taxes. Ole DT writes his rules because some think tank says let’s squeeze the American people & call it progress.

Even if this is enforced so much damage has been done. The world looks for economic & political alternatives to the US. My pessimism gauge has broken the dial. I want to be wrong. I want to see the dawn again.

No, you are right. Canadian here. Trump's tariff wars have caused permanent damage to America's trade relationships with almost every country in the world. There will be no 'going back to usual.' Quite apart from that, I feel sure he will find a way around this ruling.

The People said this before they started. Trump and the Republican Congress still dismissed our Constitution and knew when it hit the Court this scam would (like others) be paid AND paid back by the middle class, finally killing it. We are down to just rich and poor now. Easiest setup for king rule.

Now that tariff money has to be paid back to the companies that paid it and the companies have to pay it back to the consumers! But what about all the money Donald already spent?

Now, maybe the House and Senate majorities might relearn their Article 1 rights to control the power of the purse…better yet, let’s remove this feeble majority in November and begin righting the ship..

They’ll find a word, comma, a misinterpretation of phrases in the constitution as excuse to keep it, and the people will have to sue, and it will take up another year of wasted time. He won’t listen to them anyway. The dog whistle will blow soon and the threats will start

Its good news...for right now. Trump however, hates have clap backs so let's watch his "check moves." We all know he hates 2b reigned n. It's early n this day yet.😅

Does it matter at this point? International trade is donzo. It'll take generations and even more to repair the damage. Every fucking country is cutting the cord with us. This decision should've been made last year but y'know gotta fuck all the small businesses

So companies get a refund on tariffs paid but probably won't lower prices as we are 'used to it' now and definitely won't be kicking back these refunds directly to us.

We really shouldn't have needed scotus to reiterate what's already the fucking law. Meanwhile, we paid more for everything, won't be refunded and prices won't come down. But...

And Roberts could have stopped them last year. An appellate court struck down the tariffs in August, but SCOTUS let them remain in place while Trump’s regime appealed. 6 months of illegal tariffs because of that needless stay! 🤬

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Ya'll do know that Lutnick stands to become very rich off of the tariffs WE HAVE PAID if scotus rules against them, right? Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., say they have the capacity to buy the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential refunds... www.wired.com/story/cantor...

SCOTUS dragged this obvious decision out for months and in the process THEY hurt the US economy. The trade court had this as a slam dunk decision months ago.

maga has no bottom line. Please, please, please. Stop asking for maga understanding reality. Is like reasoning with cancer cells. Pointless! Decent good people must act instead of waiting for the cultists to snap out of their crazy state.

The problem: MAGA is simply the latest iteration of the Republican Party. The GOP/right wing has spent the last 60+ years manipulating its base’s ignorance & hate for the sake of power. That will continue after Trump. We need to politically destroy today’s GOP.

Yes. Dumbing the people and cuddling billionaires is less stressful and more effective than figuring out "solutions" for real problems. Why solve a difficult problem when you can create one like... "presidential tann suit"... big issue for the nation dignity!!

Every American Household. Since 23rd January 2025. Has had to earn more, or spend more from their weekly wage/Salary on Products, Produce, Services. All have trumpies Tariffs. More than 25% off the population know who pays the import tax.75% Still assume that exporting countries taxpayers pay them 🇮🇪

This isn't a win. The predator class just needed tariffs to create a shock, justify a price increases, normalize that increases, & lock in shareholder expectations - then the courts clean up the mess later. By that time, the extraction already happened.

What we all knew, and Rrump just ignored! Trying to use the 1977 IEEPA unilaterally, without consulting congress, was an over reach of his powers. Simply put, its fraud, violation of the US Constitution, Art 1, Sec 7. Misuse of emergency powers act.

Let me know if I understand this correctly. If I’m the landlord of a 200-unit condo building, I can enter each unit, take money, jewelry, paintings, etc., and then—once a court rules that what I did was illegal—I don’t have to return any of it? I just have to stop taking more going forward?