Court Hearing Tariff Legality Suit

 

Today, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is hearing arguments as to the constitutionality of the lawless Malignant Fascist's destructive tariff rampage, which he's using primarily as a coercive, political tool against his perceived adversaries, while taxing Americans for imported goods ranging from coffee beans to aluminum.  Friday marks the deadline imposed by the MF for tariff "deals" with foreign nations.  From CNBC:

"A federal appeals court is hearing arguments Thursday in a case that could kneecap President Donald Trump’s global tariff regime.

The arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are being livestreamed on the court’s Youtube page.

Trump has held up the case as a life-or-death moment for his trade agenda. The plaintiffs in the case say the president has usurped the power of Congress to set tariffs. [snip]

Neal Katyal, the lawyer who is arguing against the Trump administration, said earlier Thursday, 'The president is saying he on his own with his say so can impose these tariffs.'

'And that is something no president in 200 years has ever thought. The tariff power goes all the way back to the Revolutionary War and, you know, the protests in the Boston Tea Party and the like,' Katyal said on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe.'

'And our Constitution was very clear in saying, you know, there’s one branch that has the power to tariff and it isn’t the president and it isn’t the courts. It’s the Congress of the United States,' Katyal said.

The case, known as V.O.S. Selections v. Trump, centers on whether the president exceeded his authority by invoking an emergency-powers law to impose a slew of far-reaching tariff policies.

Trump had cited that statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, to justify his massive 'reciprocal' tariff plan, which set a nearly global 10% baseline duty while slapping higher rates on dozens of individual countries.'" (our emphasis)

The MF's cult in Congress has been derelict and supine in allowing the MF to seize a power of theirs under the Constitution, not just in this instance but in Federal budget and expenditures, judicial appointments that are clearly without merit, and more.  If the courts (including SCOTUS) deny him this usurped power, his cult in Congress is likely to try to rescue him and affirm by law that they've delegated the power to him under the non-applicable International Emergency Economic Powers Act.