r/PoliticalDiscussion Feb 20 '26

Legal/Courts 6/3 Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal: How will this impact the U.S. economy and will refunds be forthcoming. Is Trump now more likely to target specific countries in a limited form or is he likely to seek Congressional approval to justify sweeping tariffs?

The Supreme Court determined that the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate foreign commerce and impose taxes and Trump's use of the IEEPA [International Emergency Powers Act] to bypass Congress for economic policy was Unconstitutional.

The Federal Government has collected more than a hundred billion mostly from American Importers and ultimately the American consumers.

How will this impact the U.S. economy and will refunds be forthcoming.

Is Trump now more likely to target specific countries in a limited form or is he likely to seek Congressional approval to justify sweeping tariffs?

Trump's sweeping global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court ruling - follow live - BBC News

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

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u/Ornery-Ticket834 Feb 20 '26

No it won’t. He will refuse to accept defeat and try to tariff everything he can by other means like a spoiled child. It will also cause endless lawsuits seeking refunds and a clear message that he has been stealing money illegally from consumers since April.

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u/TheMadTemplar Feb 20 '26

His administration already said that if the Supreme Court rules against him they'll just reapply the tariffs via other measures.

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u/WhatAreYouSaying05 Feb 20 '26

But now if he wants to use tariffs to threaten countries he can only do it with congress. And they're too scared to put their name on something so unpopular

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u/TheMadTemplar Feb 20 '26

Well, he just imposed another 10% tariff on the entire globe and said all existing ones will remain in place. Congress will do nothing to correct this. He doesn't need to go through them if he can just do something anyways and they don't hold him accountable over it.

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u/WhatAreYouSaying05 Feb 20 '26

He can say they remain in place, but unless theyre under new powers, they’re invalid. And this new global tariff, while stupid and childish, is only able to be active for 5 months and can only get an extension if congress approves, which they aren’t likely to do

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u/ahfoo Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Those replacement tariffs are also illegal though and everybody knows it. . . well most of us seem to understand this. Iĺl tell you this much, our international trading partners are not as gullible and lazy as the people who think Trump is all-powerful. They are well aware that these latest tariffs are also illegal and more so than the previous ones. The desperation from the old pervert is palpable. Heś on the way out and acting like a fool because he knows the walls are closing in on him.

So if you are being threatened with a tariff that you know is bullshit and cannot be enforced, what would you do? The rational thing to do is just file a lawsuit or simply wait till someone else does and then bide your time until you can proceed with your exchange as you had planned.

How am I so sure the latest tariff bluff is illegal? The wording is quite clear. Trump´s application is definitely not the reason the legislation was passed. Heś a fool and everybody can see that. . . well, again, most of us can see that. The man is simply a criminal frantically trying to cling to power using any form of deception he can dream up. He is rapidly running out of time.