Oops. Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs

Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs

See, when you're a stupid cunt, everyone shuts your dumb shit down.

So much WINNING

A federal court on Wednesday ruled President Trump does not have the authority under economic emergency legislation to impose sweeping global tariffs.
Why it matters: The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring the administration's trade war to a screeching halt.
  • By blocking entirely most categories of tariffs, the court effectively wiped out most of the regime Trump put in place since taking office.
Driving the news: The court, ruling in two separate cases, issued a summary judgment throwing out all the tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.
  • Trump used the 1977 law, which had never before been invoked in a tariff situation, to unilaterally impose sweeping trade levies worldwide.
  • The two groups of plaintiffs — businesses and states — sued on the grounds that the president's orders violated the Constitution's grant of authority over import duties to Congress.
What they're saying: "The question in the two cases before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 ("IEEPA") delegates these powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country in the world," the three-judge panel wrote.
  • "The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder."
  • Tariffs imposed under a different legal authority called Section 232 — including on imports of autos, steel and aluminum — are unaffected by the ruling.
For the record: The court, which gets relatively little attention compared to most other federal courts, has jurisdiction over civil cases arising from trade disputes.
  • The three judges who heard the case were Reagan, Obama and Trump appointees.
  • The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on Wednesday evening.The administration had already filed a notice of appeal, per multiple reports.
  • "The judicial coup is out of control," White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted to X, in response to the ruling.
The intrigue: The court skipped over the plaintiffs' motions for an injunction and went directly to issuing a judgment, saying IEEPA did not authorize any of the "Worldwide, Retaliatory or Trafficking" orders.
  • "The challenged Tariff Orders will be vacated and their operation permanently enjoined," the court wrote.
What to watch: With tariffed goods arriving at U.S. ports every day, the confusion over what's in force and what to charge could throw imports into chaos.
  • Markets, and businesses, will likely be paying rapt attention in coming days to how the administration responds and whether higher courts intervene.
  • "(It) gives foreign governments - once compelled to negotiate new terms of the trade agreements the Trump administration broke - significant new leverage in ongoing trade talks," said Scott Lincicome, vice president of the Cato Institute's Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, in a statement.
More from Axios:
This could be a huge political win for The President.

If his tariffs stand, American workers benefit as companies build here.

If the Court’s decision is upheld, The President can say that his political opponents (Democrats), want foreign countries to continue ripping off the United States and taking jobs from hard working Americans.
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Finally Wal-Mart (and co) spends the hundreds of millions to eat the tarrifs, build the plants that make what China ships, pays a living wage and it's only half as valued. Until the returns.

I like it. Will it happen?
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Finally Wal-Mart (and co) spends the hundreds of millions to eat the tarrifs, build the plants that make what China ships, pays a living wage and it's only half as valued. Until the returns.

I like it. Will it happen? Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

Wallyworld is the largest company by revenue by a mile with over 2/3 rds of a TRILLION in annual revenue.



all of it is based on cheap China labor


Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs

See, when you're a stupid cunt, everyone shuts your dumb shit down.

So much WINNING

A federal court on Wednesday ruled President Trump does not have the authority under economic emergency legislation to impose sweeping global tariffs.
Why it matters: The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring the administration's trade war to a screeching halt.
  • By blocking entirely most categories of tariffs, the court effectively wiped out most of the regime Trump put in place since taking office.
Driving the news: The court, ruling in two separate cases, issued a summary judgment throwing out all the tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA.
  • Trump used the 1977 law, which had never before been invoked in a tariff situation, to unilaterally impose sweeping trade levies worldwide.
  • The two groups of plaintiffs — businesses and states — sued on the grounds that the president's orders violated the Constitution's grant of authority over import duties to Congress.
What they're saying: "The question in the two cases before the court is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 ("IEEPA") delegates these powers to the President in the form of authority to impose unlimited tariffs on goods from nearly every country in the world," the three-judge panel wrote.
  • "The court does not read IEEPA to confer such unbounded authority and sets aside the challenged tariffs imposed thereunder."
  • Tariffs imposed under a different legal authority called Section 232 — including on imports of autos, steel and aluminum — are unaffected by the ruling.
For the record: The court, which gets relatively little attention compared to most other federal courts, has jurisdiction over civil cases arising from trade disputes.
  • The three judges who heard the case were Reagan, Obama and Trump appointees.
  • The White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on Wednesday evening.The administration had already filed a notice of appeal, per multiple reports.
  • "The judicial coup is out of control," White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted to X, in response to the ruling.
The intrigue: The court skipped over the plaintiffs' motions for an injunction and went directly to issuing a judgment, saying IEEPA did not authorize any of the "Worldwide, Retaliatory or Trafficking" orders.
  • "The challenged Tariff Orders will be vacated and their operation permanently enjoined," the court wrote.
What to watch: With tariffed goods arriving at U.S. ports every day, the confusion over what's in force and what to charge could throw imports into chaos.
  • Markets, and businesses, will likely be paying rapt attention in coming days to how the administration responds and whether higher courts intervene.
  • "(It) gives foreign governments - once compelled to negotiate new terms of the trade agreements the Trump administration broke - significant new leverage in ongoing trade talks," said Scott Lincicome, vice president of the Cato Institute's Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, in a statement.
More from Axios:
 Originally Posted by TechPapi



congratulations. nothing burger


  • Tariffs imposed under a different legal authority called Section 232 — including on imports of autos, steel and aluminum — are unaffected by the ruling.
bahhahahaa
This could be a huge political win for The President.

If his tariffs stand, American workers benefit as companies build here.

If the Court’s decision is upheld, The President can say that his political opponents (Democrats), want foreign countries to continue ripping off the United States and taking jobs from hard working Americans. Originally Posted by Jacky S
... Too right, mate! ... Trump's rulings and decisions
always have Great Appeal...

#### Salty
congratulations. nothing burger
  • Tariffs imposed under a different legal authority called Section 232 — including on imports of autos, steel and aluminum — are unaffected by the ruling.
bahhahahaa Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid

That's a shitload less than tariffs on everything. Sounds like you don't know much about burgers.
This could be a huge political win for The President.

If his tariffs stand, American workers benefit as companies build here.

If the Court’s decision is upheld, The President can say that his political opponents (Democrats), want foreign countries to continue ripping off the United States and taking jobs from hard working Americans. Originally Posted by Jacky S

Ok, I'll play. Exactly how many of your family are lined up to work in a non-climate controlled factory for 0.85/hr making socks? Will you be at the front of the line?
Wallyworld is the largest company by revenue by a mile with over 2/3 rds of a TRILLION in annual revenue.



all of it is based on cheap China labor




Damn right, if you'd rather your kids do the cheap labor step forward.






congratulations. nothing burger


  • Tariffs imposed under a different legal authority called Section 232 — including on imports of autos, steel and aluminum — are unaffected by the ruling.
bahhahahaa Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid

Now the interesting thing, service appointment for a dependable auto. Small (relatively) price increase coming across the board on new vehicles. Other impacts of tariffs...this company shutting down a factory in TN. That's a state that voted for the lead MAGAt if you don't know geography or what states were carried. Manufacturing jobs LOST by the TACO in chief.
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  • 05-28-2025, 10:26 PM
Ok, I'll play. Exactly how many of your family are lined up to work in a non-climate controlled factory for 0.85/hr making socks? Will you be at the front of the line? Originally Posted by 69in2it69
Yes, as Howard Lutnick said, "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America!!!"

I'm somewhat reluctant to give up my cushy desk job and screw screws for $3.15 an hour. But it's my patriotic duty! Quoting President Kennedy, "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."

This is what happens when you claim sock manufacturers in Vietnam are a threat to America, to provide the legal basis for imposing tariffs.
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If the Court’s decision is upheld, The President can say that his political opponents (Democrats), want foreign countries to continue ripping off the United States and taking jobs from hard working Americans. Originally Posted by Jacky S
Who cares what he claims, Jacky? Trump is a full of shit cunt (unlike you, Jacky, I prefer to use that word in its proper vulgar context) who always blames everyone but himself for his fuck ups. The bottom line is that he tried to be slick with his say on all tariffs by using an Act that was enacted in 1977 but not for the purpose that Trump is trying to justify his Wac-a-Mole tariff game.

Trump and his MAGA cult will blame Dems when they should be blaming their idiot master and his flunkies for not finding another loophole somewhere else to let him try to be all over the place on a whim with his tariff obsession.

To be honest, I am just curious to know why it took so long for the courts to step in to alter Trump's all over the place tariff madness plan.
Yssup Rider's Avatar
Although it seems like a long time, it’s only been four months. Four of the longest, darkest, dumbest months in human history.

Perhaps we could call this time The Stupid Ages. The age of illegal tariffs. The “just because you’re immune from prosecution doesn’t mean you have to break the law” Ages. The I’m making Billions while yall fight me Ages.

Time moves excruciatingly slow compared with Trump’s march to the sea… err, prison!

He’ll be fighting these lawsuits long after he’s out of office.

And we’ll be suffering while he continues trying to fuck the world with a mushroom cap.
This could be a huge political win for The President.

If his tariffs stand, American workers benefit as companies build here.

If the Court’s decision is upheld, The President can say that his political opponents (Democrats), want foreign countries to continue ripping off the United States and taking jobs from hard working Americans. Originally Posted by Jacky S

I think we can all see that didn't miss your calling to be a political operative. lol


MAGA is used to blaming everyone else for their failures, so that's just another day ending in the letter Y for them.
You know, MAGA fucktards sure do like judge's rulings when they're getting what they want, right? If not, they're radical, unelected, coup enthusiasts! lol


I'd argue that the orange cunt had already upended global commerce. These judges are just showing there are still adults in the room.

Tariff ruling creates chaos on top of chaos

An obscure federal court blew up the cornerstone of President Trump's economic agenda last night, unleashing more chaos on the global economy and all but wiping out his negotiating leverage with trading partners.
Why it matters: At least for now, it turns out the legal system — not the bond market, nor weak economic indicators — is the biggest restraint on Trump's trade agenda.
Zoom in: A three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade — Reagan, Obama and Trump appointees — ruled that Trump does not have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs under 1970s-era emergency legislation.
In fact, the judges said an injunction wasn't enough — they issued a summary judgment invalidating and blocking almost all of Trump's trade levies to date.
Those levies were vast, from a 10% global baseline tariff, to fentanyl-related tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, to (paused) reciprocal tariffs on dozens of other countries.
They effectively raised U.S. tariff rates to their highest levels since the 1930s, and threatened to cost American households thousands of dollars in higher goods costs.
The big picture: Tens of thousands of containers full of goods enter the United States every day.
Whether or even what levies to assess on their contents today, versus yesterday, is a mess that could snarl commerce across the country for days to come.
Follow the money: The levies, while causing huge economic strain, were also generating significant revenue for the government — almost $23 billion so far this month.
They were meant to be a cornerstone of the administration's fiscal plans — trade adviser Peter Navarro wrote in an op-ed Wednesday that tariffs would generate up to $3.3 trillion in revenue over the next decade.
Not all the income will disappear, though; tariffs imposed under a different legal authority called Section 232 — including on imports of autos, steel and aluminum — are unaffected by the ruling.
What they're saying: "This really *is* Liberation Day: The court's decision striking down Trump's mass tariffs as unlawful is a tremendous triumph for the rule of law, human freedom, and prosperity, and a deserved rebuke for arbitrary one-man rule over our livelihoods," Walter Olsen, senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, said of the ruling.
For the record: "It is not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency," White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement.
"President Trump pledged to put America First, and the Administration is committed to using every lever of executive power to address this crisis and restore American Greatness."
The administration filed a notice of appeal just minutes after the ruling.
"The judicial coup is out of control," White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted to X.
The bottom line: Trump previously declared the U.S. was like a department store, and he set the prices.
 Three little-known judges just put him out of business, and upended global commerce in the process.
Yssup Rider's Avatar
He’ll have another tantrum.

Hopefully no MAGA zealots resort to violence, though …
Radical left corrupt Obama judge Mark A. Barnett of the States Court of International Trade. Mike Johnson now has long list of lawyers and judges to remove from office.Chief Justice John Roberts in a rare public statement laid out the blueprint to remove Obama judges "constitutional checks and balances permit Congress to submit and vote on articles of impeachment for federal judges"