Trump Loses Bigly, For Once

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.

The 6-3 decision centers on the tariffs Trump unilaterally imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs levied on nearly every other country.

It’s the first major piece of Trump’s broad agenda to come squarely before the nation’s highest court, which he helped shape with the appointments of three conservative jurists in his first term.

The majority found that the Constitution “very clearly” gives Congress the power to impose taxes, which include tariffs. “The Framers did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

Of course, the three hard-core fascists (Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh) wanted to continue prostrating the Constitution to Trump. But this time, they lost. The decision, concurrences and dissents run to something like 170 PDF pages, and I am not about to read all of that shit for free.

No doubt that Trump and his allies are pitching fits right now.

Whether refunds will now issue (over $100 billion) is an open question. And a bit of global trade has evolved so that, where possible, some goods are avoiding the American market. Raw/medium level materials are going to factories outside of the US so they don't get hit with Trump's taxes. That probably won't change for years. Trump has done lasting damage to the American economy, and screw all of those who bought into his bullshit. You know who you are.