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The bigger the mess, the better.

I don't much care how the earlier tariffs are refunded as long as they are shoved up Trump's ass, metaphorically speaking.

The big issue is making sure this screws up Trump's next wave of tariffs made under the 1974 law. There will be lawsuits seeing injunctions. When considering injunctive relief, the court must consider who is likely to prevail, and who is injured if the injunction is granted or not granted. Last week's SCOTUS ruling makes it very likely that Trump would lose again. And if there is great chaos in doing these refunds, that becomes a strong reason to grant the injunction. In other words, "The count has determined that it is likely the plaintiffs will prevail, and if the court allowed the tariffs to proceed, this would present a major hardship on the plaintiffs who would then have to seek refunds. And we can see this is a very painful, chaotic process. On the other hand, if the court grants the injunction while hearing the merits of the case on an expedited basis, the government is not harmed at all unless they can demonstrate the new tariffs are legal under their new theory."