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Miles Archer

(23,685 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:37 PM Thursday

WOW! He's ilke Gandhi or the Dalai Lama! TRUMP "has accepted' Supreme Court can 'block him'"...supposedly.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supreme-court-2676752720/

The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in June 2025 essentially allowed Trump's birthright citizenship order to proceed, though it limited lower courts' ability to issue nationwide injunctions.

The court also determined that Trump's implementation of sweeping tariffs exceeded his constitutional authority, striking down key provisions of his trade agenda. The decision effectively constrained Trump's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs on trading partners without congressional approval.

The New York Times's Ross Douthat said, "So, most likely there’ll be some victories for Trump, but there’ll be two really large defeats — birthright citizenship and tariffs. Both are very big issues. Birthright citizenship is more important to the Republican base or the conservative base. Tariffs are obviously close to Trump’s own heart.

"A year ago there was a lot of conversation, including on this show, about what it would take for Trump to defy the court. In practice, you’ve had a sequence of setbacks for the president that have been met by angry tirades on social media. Some attempts to do end-arounds. But basically, Trump has accepted the power of the court to block him.
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Trump has been "encouraging" Alito and Thomas to retire agingdem Thursday #1

agingdem

(8,915 posts)
1. Trump has been "encouraging" Alito and Thomas to retire
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:54 PM
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so he can replace them with Trump sycophants...essentially exchanging old corrupt snakes with young corrupt
snakes...same verse/same as the first...

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