US president found to have overstepped authority with tariff policies and accuses court of political bias

Trump found to have overstepped authority with tariff policies as president accuses court of political bias

Donald Trump overstepped his presidential powers with most of his globe-rattling tariff policies, a federal appeals court in Washington DC ruled on Friday.

US law “bestows significant authority on the president to undertake a number of actions in response to a declared national emergency, but none of these actions explicitly include the power to impose tariffs, duties, or the like, or the power to tax”, the court said in the 7-4 ruling.

Many of Trump’s steep tariffs are “are unbounded in scope, amount and duration”, the ruling added, and “assert an expansive authority that is beyond the express limitations” of the law his administration has leant on.

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    321·
    4 days ago

    This is good, but I think we all know this is going to SCOTUS and what they’ll rule… Unitary executive theory says that the founders wanted a king actually.

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
      8·
      4 days ago

      At some point, SCOTUS has got to realize that letting trump get away with everything is just paving a highway that the opposition at some point will also take.

      While for the most part, Democrats have been lame ass pussies too scared to actually fix anything when they get in power, there’s a chance that people like Newsom will get into office and take advantage of this near-godhood - just in the other way.

  • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
    27·
    4 days ago

    This ruling is stayed pending an appeal to the SCOTUS until October 14th. Just in case anyone was wondering.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
    21·
    4 days ago

    That’s nice, he’s overstepped and broken the law left and right and nobody seems to do anything about it so he will just keep doing it.

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
      11·
      4 days ago

      Exactly.

      But just to clarify, do we realize who actually upholds the law? News flash: its not the police. It’s the millions and millions of people who actually abide by it, and that get up and demand justice when it’s not being followed.

      Except that no one is doing that, because half of America is being gaslighted and bamboozled by the media that has them trapped in a cloud of ignorance and fear, and the other half seems to be waiting for some superhero to show up and save the day.

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
    10·
    4 days ago

    I’m so happy I got all of my Christmas, groceries, car maintenance, medical bills, shopping done by April 2025 for the next 4 years. Sure showed those libs.

  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world
    8·
    4 days ago

    America would forever solve its energy needs if only we could harness the collective power of all the magats plugging their ears, looking the other way and going “NANANANANA”