Court Pretty Skeptical About King Trump’s Tariffs

It seems likely that there is one area where the Supreme Court justices won’t let Trump do whatever he wants and of course that’s because his tariffs would impact their own pocketbooks.

The Supreme Court appeared skeptical of arguments Wednesday that President Donald Trump has legal authority to impose tariffs on a vast range of goods from nearly all countries, signaling the justices could strike down or limit at least part of the administration’s signature economic policy.

The justices sharply questioned government attorneys and attorneys for states and small businesses that challenged the tariffs during more than two and a half hours of arguments in the most significant case over Trump’s policies to reach the high court to date and the first in which the justices could be called on to render a final decision.

There will be more to say about this and of course SCOTUSblog is probably the best place to go for that.

Now, if it was Trump engaging in ethnic cleansing or ignoring Congress about things that don’t impact Clarence Thomas’ “hard-earned” money, this would be totally different. But maybe a return to Smoot-Hawley Country isn’t quite what these rich people want.