True fun is beginning now! The Supreme Doormat/Court has finally issued its ruling on the legality of tariffs policy, and it is unfavorable to the Trump administration. Only an assembly elected by the people can decide on new taxes (customs duties are taxes imposed on American citizens). The Supreme Court simply reaffirmed the principle of separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution, the very text that Mr. NotMyPresident swore to defend on the day of his inauguration. He has overstepped his constitutional authority. This is the first major institutional setback that Trump suffered. What a stupid mug!
But the repeal is only partial. The measures taken by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 are null (nobody knows apparently in this administration how to refund the plaintiffs, $133 billion in taxes unduly collected, all the same… Two third of the whole benefit of 200 billion). And the measures taken under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which imposes sectoral tariffs on steel and aluminum, automobiles, copper, timber, and kitchen furniture, remain in effect.
This is precisely the section that the reactionary Justice Brett Kavanaugh had the bright idea of suggesting to his stupid mentor in his dissenting opinion. However, according to some legal experts, there are also Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. So many solutions!
Will tariffs, barely dead, rise from their ashes in a plan B already in the works? Donald is moron enough to keep going. Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum! Because like all morons, he never changes his mind. He doesn’t see the perfect opportunity to save his mug face. This is not the final chapter of this never-ending story; the global economy must prepare for a violent response from the Trump administration, and therefore for even more disruptive effects.
And if Plan B also fizzles out, Mr NotMyPresident will still have twenty-four letters left in the alphabet to persist in his stupid attacks against the constitution.
N.B : It’s the Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 that Donald Trump had choosen to maintain a 10% tax on all imports from abroad. He has now to find an agreement with the Congress before 150 days, end of July. Tic tac tic tac…