jmacvols1
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Trump was tweeting about two weeks ago about this decision coming out from a left leaning court...he was expecting it. The court lets the tarriffs stand till mid October so it can be appealed as if the court already knows the USSC will overturn it.
About all Presidents have enacted tarriffs but now because it's Trump is has become illegal. See GROK below:
We have too many corrupt leftist as Judges, Judiciary branch is a disgrace and corrupt mess. more corrupt than Congress.
GROK
Nearly every U.S. president has enacted or overseen the enactment of tariffs on imports from other countries, as tariffs have been a fundamental tool of American trade policy and federal revenue generation since the nation's founding. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the power to impose tariffs (Article I, Section 8), but Congress has historically passed tariff legislation that presidents sign into law, effectively enacting them. In modern times (post-1934), presidents have also used delegated authority from laws like the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232 for national security), and Trade Act of 1974 (Section 301 for unfair practices) to impose tariffs unilaterally via executive action.
While early presidents primarily signed broad congressional tariff acts, most have taken direct action to raise, lower, or target tariffs on specific countries or goods.
Out of the 46 individuals who have served as president (up to the current date in 2025, including Donald Trump's second non-consecutive term), all but a handful have been involved in enacting tariffs. The exceptions are typically presidents who served very briefly (e.g., those who died or resigned early in their term) and did not have time to address trade policy, or those in eras when tariffs were already low and no major changes occurred under their watch. Based on historical records, at least 40 presidents have enacted tariffs, with the vast majority doing so through signing legislation or executive orders"
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