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turbinetree

(27,325 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:49 PM Yesterday

Justice Brett Kavanaugh drops panicky dissent over 'mess' court made for Trump

By Tom Boggioni
Published February 20, 2026 11:54 AM ET

In his dissent after a 6-3 majority clamped down on Donald Trump’s ability to bypass Congress and levy tariffs on a whim, Justice Brett Kavanaugh went beyond a legal and historical precedent argument and instead worried how the current administration will cope with the adverse ruling.

Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, wrote a dissent where he broke with conservative Justices John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch and complained that the court did not consider the implications of how the Trump administration will refund the ill-gotten tariff money.

He wrote, “So the Court’s decision is not likely to greatly restrict Presidential tariff authority going forward. But the Court’s decision is likely to generate other serious practical consequences in the near term.”

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff-loss-brett/

Hey Shit for brains Kavanagh, now that you made the stupid comment on how the other predator can pay back all the BS tax........... I have an idea............you know that money he got for tearing down the East Wing, you know how his Snow Queen Noem, wants to buy a jet ...............well don't give him tax payer dollars to do that shit.............and if he needs to go to Mar a Lago and speak to Orban have him take Amtrac.............just a thought and or do you have something better. ..................

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Justice Brett Kavanaugh drops panicky dissent over 'mess' court made for Trump (Original Post) turbinetree Yesterday OP
If minimum wage goes up, Big Macs will be $50! leftstreet Yesterday #1
what happens when you put B.See Yesterday #12
He is a GOP operative D_Master81 Yesterday #19
Trump made the mess by crapping all over the Constitution eShirl Yesterday #2
Trump loves chaos. He's got chaos. CLAWBACK !!!! Bluetus Yesterday #21
How does that old axiom go? Disaffected Yesterday #3
I believe: ITAL Yesterday #22
Kavanaugh is such an entitled little worm. johnnyfins Yesterday #4
Oh no, the administration has to cope with your ruling? That! Is! Your! Job! Scott Alan Swaggerty Yesterday #5
And, Their Job ProfessorGAC Yesterday #13
I hope the drunken traitor gets cirrhosis and croaks Mysterian Yesterday #6
I feel like this is setting up for at least one of the shitty 6 to resign. Initech Yesterday #7
Brett's gone full Scarlett O'Hara. tanyev Yesterday #8
Not likely to restrict going forward?... lame54 Yesterday #9
that is what the attorneys asking for the injunction of those tariffs said dsc Yesterday #10
Did he consider the implications to women when he overturned Roe? Lochloosa Yesterday #11
Exactly. Or the chaos around deportations. Buckeyeblue Yesterday #20
So Kavanaugh's position is it's OK it was unconstitutional because it will be difficult to Wiz Imp Yesterday #14
It's crazy that some people think these clowns are actually great legal minds or geniuses in general ck4829 Yesterday #15
He shouldn't even be on the bench .............. turbinetree Yesterday #16
Kavanaugh stops.. that phrase should follow him forever BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #17
Trump made the mess and we shouldn't have to put up with it. Vinca Yesterday #18

leftstreet

(39,764 posts)
1. If minimum wage goes up, Big Macs will be $50!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:52 PM
Yesterday

This is an actual Supreme Court Judge making a bizarre argument that's completely outside the scope of his mission

unbelievable

D_Master81

(2,434 posts)
19. He is a GOP operative
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 04:30 PM
Yesterday

He was out there go 1 reason. To do the bidding of the GOP, nothing more.

Bluetus

(2,568 posts)
21. Trump loves chaos. He's got chaos. CLAWBACK !!!!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 05:25 PM
Yesterday

If I am corporate counsel for Amazon, WalMart. Target, eBay or and other retail channels, I'm filing suit on Monday to claw back every penny I paid in illegal tariffs. It is no different from a tax return. The government has to refund overcharges.

And while we're talking about clawbacks, let's claw back the money from the Qatari jet, from the stolen Venezuelan oik, from all the other shakedowns Trump has been running.

The operative word for the 2026 political season should be

CLAWBACKS !!!

And Dems would be wise to plant their flag firmly on the side of businesses, large and small who got scammed by Trump's illegal tariff racket.

Disaffected

(6,310 posts)
3. How does that old axiom go?
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:59 PM
Yesterday

If the law is on your side, pound the law. If the law is not on your side, pound the table.

Or something to that effect.......

ITAL

(1,299 posts)
22. I believe:
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:43 PM
Yesterday

If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have the law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the table.

johnnyfins

(3,661 posts)
4. Kavanaugh is such an entitled little worm.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:00 PM
Yesterday

Did Epstein pay off his debt? Some people are asking.

ProfessorGAC

(76,315 posts)
13. And, Their Job
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:06 PM
Yesterday

The court did its job, now the administration has to do their job.
Might refunding that money be hard? Probably. Tough.

Mysterian

(6,278 posts)
6. I hope the drunken traitor gets cirrhosis and croaks
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:05 PM
Yesterday

when a Dem president replaces the make-up splattered con-man.

Initech

(108,243 posts)
7. I feel like this is setting up for at least one of the shitty 6 to resign.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:10 PM
Yesterday

And to be replaced with a MAGA ass kissing loyalist like Cannon. Please say I'm wrong about this.

dsc

(53,353 posts)
10. that is what the attorneys asking for the injunction of those tariffs said
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 01:39 PM
Yesterday

and what every lower court said. this mess is the SCOTUS fault and Trump's.

Wiz Imp

(9,517 posts)
14. So Kavanaugh's position is it's OK it was unconstitutional because it will be difficult to
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:50 PM
Yesterday

figure out how to refund the money? That's worse than Thomas & Scalia's opinions who just think anything that Trump does should be considered legal.

ck4829

(37,554 posts)
15. It's crazy that some people think these clowns are actually great legal minds or geniuses in general
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 03:11 PM
Yesterday
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