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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, rebuking president's signature economic policy [View all]angrychair
(12,545 posts)53. So I would assume
That the US will have to return the tariff money because it was illegal. So who wants to bet that this administration refuses to do that?
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Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, rebuking president's signature economic policy [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2026
OP
There is another law that allows a president to impose tariffs in an "emergency"
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2026
#13
Like other Republicans they aim more towards the middle of his cheeks and it involves their tongues more than their lips
cstanleytech
Feb 2026
#7
So, they gave him the idea that he had immunity, and now it's their privilege to pull back
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2026
#5
For Alito and Thomas to dissent is obvious, but for Kavanaugh to do so is really telling
Prairie Gates
Feb 2026
#8
No surprise that the nazi enablers, alito, thomas, and kavanaugh disented. They don't believe in
lostincalifornia
Feb 2026
#11
Deadline Legal Blog-Supreme Court rules Trump doesn't have the tariff authority he claimed
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2026
#33
Roberts delivered the opinion/judgment of the Court. Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh dissent.🚨
riversedge
Feb 2026
#35
Some tariffs were imposed because of 'attitude' of foreign leaders, or judicial actions of nations TSF
wiggs
Feb 2026
#37
So is inventing law out of whole cloth an OFFICIAL duty of the president?
bucolic_frolic
Feb 2026
#39
Lutnik and his sons (and other Wall Streeters) will make "astronomical sums" from this SC decision.
sop
Feb 2026
#43
I honestly don't believe that the companies deserve to get much if any money back.
cstanleytech
Feb 2026
#47
Trump should have to pay refunds out of his personal fortune to all of us.
Linda ladeewolf
Feb 2026
#48
The class actions where the lawyers pocket a substantial portion and the plaintiffs get a token amount?
MichMan
Feb 2026
#73
Columbia didn't pay the tariffs; you did....to the federal government. Columbia was disenfranchised by the tariffs
NowsTheTime
Feb 2026
#78
I can't say for sure I guess .....and no, we will never get the money back, Federal gov't collected it.
NowsTheTime
Feb 2026
#81
It looks like the political hacks on this "court," if we call this arm of legal....
NNadir
Feb 2026
#57
Trump will announce that SCOTUS is the deep state & should be dissolved, in 5, 4, 3, ...
aggiesal
Feb 2026
#62
So half of the republican members of the Supreme Court still support the Constitution
thought crime
Feb 2026
#77