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LetMyPeopleVote

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3. There was an arguable case for the prior tariffs in that there was no case law

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:40 PM

12 hrs ago

In the next round of litigation, there is no arguable case for the use of this statute and the courts are going to act faster in that the trump DOJ has lost the presumption of regularity. See https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221015053

This will be some fun litigation to watch

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Trump's plan B to impose new tariffs is also illegal because a balance-of-payments deficit doesn't exist, trade experts [View all] LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago OP

Missing the point. They don't care. The supreme joke will give them another year before they stop him unblock 14 hrs ago #1

There was an arguable case for the prior tariffs in that there was no case law LetMyPeopleVote 12 hrs ago #3

Yeah, faster. By judicial standards, anyway. unblock 10 hrs ago #5

I originated and worked on a case that we took to the Texas Supreme Court LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #6

Trump charges/changes tariffs capriciously, most often with revenge/coercion, not based on economics. Norrrm 13 hrs ago #2

If the GOP congress was smart...and brave...this would be their break point with Trump. Paint it as for lower prices... dutch777 11 hrs ago #4

The Court of Appeals in this case has ruled that Section 122 does not apply LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #7