SCOTUS. TRUMP. OOPS. Sammy, Clarence & Boof Boy dissented. Who would have GUESSED they'd do that?

[Miles Archer]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/live-blog/-trump-tariffs-ruling-supreme-court-live-updates-rcna252655

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has ruled against Trump's tariffs he imposed using IEEPA. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissenting.

“The Government reads IEEPA to give the President power to unilaterally impose unbounded tariffs and change them at will,” Roberts writes in his opinion. “That view would represent a transformative expansion of the President’s authority over tariff policy."

Roberts said it was "telling that in IEEPA’s half century of existence, no President has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope." He said the lack of historical precedent, "coupled with the breadth of authority that the President now claims, suggests that the tariffs extend beyond" Trump's authority.

Thomas, in his dissent, wrote that “neither statutory text nor the Constitution provide a basis for ruling against the President."

He said, “The Court has long conveyed to Congress that it may vest the president with large discretion in matters arising out of the execution of statutes relating to trade and commerce with other nations.”

[travelingthrulife]

1. Do any 5 year old girls today, Clarence?

So we just got a big tax via tariffs and we ain't getting a refund.

[Ocelot II]

2. No surprise there. Thomas and Alito never miss a single chance

to gargle Trump's shriveled balls, and Kavanaugh is too often eager to join the party. Their concept of the unitary executive is pretty frightening, and I'm relieved that at least this time Roberts didn't cave.

[Grins]

3. I thought it would be a 7-2 decision

Most of the stories I read earlier - never mentioned the damn vote. (Why do they all skip that?)

Interesting that "Slappy" Thomas referred to the powers of the president, and not that tariffs are a TAX that is exclusive a power of CONGRESS.

[Intractable]

4. I didn't even know what boofing was until the Kavanaugh ascension hearings.

Since college, around 45 years ago, I knew that some dumb guys at really wild parties would put alcoholic drinks up their butts.

I understood this.

I just didn't know it had a name.

Thanks, Brett!

[Wiz Imp]

5. I'm surprised Kavanaugh dissented and not Gorsuch.

But this was a slam dunk decision. It's black and white in the Constitution.

Thomas, in his dissent, wrote that “neither statutory text nor the Constitution provide a basis for ruling against the President."

except the part of the Constitution that explicitly delegates such authority to Congress alone.