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malaise

(294,734 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 02:57 PM 9 hrs ago

Serious question for DU's legal experts

Is there anyone or any institution who could have him arrested on. Tuesday night or at any other time?

Asking for a planet.

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Serious question for DU's legal experts (Original Post) malaise 9 hrs ago OP
;-{)..... Goonch 9 hrs ago #1
I'm wondering the same thing Greywing 9 hrs ago #2
The Supreme Court didn't say tariffs, per se, were illegal. Ms. Toad 8 hrs ago #5
I wouldn't advise him going anywhere near Europe! dickthegrouch 9 hrs ago #3
Rinse. Repeat. Marcuse 9 hrs ago #4
Depends on the statute of limitations, Bayard 6 hrs ago #6

Greywing

(1,167 posts)
2. I'm wondering the same thing
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:08 PM
9 hrs ago

He and his administration are openly defying courts.

Supreme Court ruled on tariffs so he just says the ruling is wrong and says the tariffs will stay in place and then adds more based upon misinterpretation (I’m being kind in word selection) of another act of Congress. He is breaking the law.

Ms. Toad

(38,436 posts)
5. The Supreme Court didn't say tariffs, per se, were illegal.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:52 PM
8 hrs ago

It said that the president couldn't use the law on which he based them (IEEPA) to impose tariffs.

There are other ways for the president to legally impose tariffs, at least on a temporary basis. He chose not to use those laws because the easiest to justify only allows the tariffs to be in place for 150 days before requiring congressional approval. He didn't want to risk congress rejecting the tariffs, so he took a legal gamble and lost.

So - first - all he has done since the decision is talk. Talk is not illegal. If he does impose tariffs under a different law, he isn't necessarily breaking the law by doing so. He isn't even defying Supreme Court.

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