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DallasNE

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25. If It Walks Like A Tariff And Quacks Like A Tariff

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 02:42 AM

Jan 20

It is a tariff. It doesn't matter if it is rubber-stamped a levy. Sure, he will issue still another Executive Order but where is the legal framework for such an Executive Order? It is not in the Constitution. Besides, the Supreme Court decision should anticipate an end-run and cut it off at the pass.

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These fuckers are way out of line!! bluestarone Jan 19 #1

Can you please narrow it down a little bit? COL Mustard Jan 19 #6

Simple popsdenver Jan 19 #9

I think his rhetoric about a third term is no joke, he is signalling his intentions. OGBuzz Jan 19 #16

"Norway's and Greenland's permission"??? SomewhereInTheMiddle Jan 20 #21

Sorry, my attempt at being facetious. OGBuzz Jan 20 #27

They would not only have to win popsdenver Jan 20 #33

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Trump is popsdenver Jan 19 #8

Somebody legitimately needs to stop this POS before he kills the U.S. NotHardly Jan 19 #2

That somebody is Congress... good luck with these republicans... bsiebs Jan 19 #4

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Bravo CQ popsdenver Jan 19 #10

The only remedy is impeachment and conviction. Kablooie Jan 20 #24

The US is effectively dead for Miguelito Loveless Jan 20 #30

He's gonna bomb any luxury RV he can find on DC's roads (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 19 #3

The SCOTUS might as well determine that there is no international emergency ArizonaLib Jan 19 #7

And the spineless GOP Congress just sits there fingering their butts. mdbl Jan 19 #11

They are going to "Rule themselves" right out of a job NorCalBlue Jan 19 #12

Will Republicans continue to stand by while Trump dismantles the Constitution article by article? Martin68 Jan 19 #13

And their POS voters as well, who may be even worse. iemanja Jan 19 #15

They already are. Kablooie Jan 20 #23

Criminal iemanja Jan 19 #14

I don't think the six republicans will rule against him. mountain grammy Jan 19 #17

Exactly right: the Corrupt Six will find a way for Trump to do whatever he wants Prairie Gates Jan 20 #20

Holy fuck why the fuck doesn't he just fucking die already? Orrex Jan 19 #18

Because evil never dies. Mawspam2 Jan 20 #19

If he can't be impeached and removed he can do literally anything he wants. Kablooie Jan 20 #22

If It Walks Like A Tariff And Quacks Like A Tariff DallasNE Jan 20 #25

Trump may not know, but his RW advisers do, that SCOTUS has no Deminpenn Jan 20 #26

Hmm.. seems to me that I read somewhere on here that a poster said that they cannot be trusted to adhere to the courts. OldBaldy1701E Jan 20 #28

Coffee prices at all the stores in my area are outrageous wolfie001 Jan 20 #29

He says he has a plan. That means he doesn't. Seriously. Scrivener7 Jan 20 #31

Oh he has a plan BumRushDaShow Jan 20 #32

Hell, they are already saying CONGRESS can do nothing to stop them. bluestarone Jan 20 #36

They have backed down on quite a bit for a number of things BumRushDaShow Jan 20 #37

If they have the power to, the court's bailiff, if they have one sakabatou Jan 20 #34

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