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US Trade Court Blocks Trump Tariffs
A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority by imposing global tariffs, in a major blow to a key part of his economic policies.
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Pesky courts.
#1 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-28 07:47 PM | Reply
Well that was a good reason to give up two quarters of economic growth.
#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 08:19 PM | Reply
A liberating ruling.
Here's an article by a law prof. involved in the case. reason.com
#3 | Posted by et_al at 2025-05-28 08:21 PM | Reply
"liberating"
Ayyyyyyyyy!
#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 08:24 PM | Reply
This should make for an interesting... rest of the Trump administration!
Republicans could have everything they want right now if Congress would actually lead. So nobody tell them that.
#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 08:26 PM | Reply
I wonder what the best way is to get ketchup stains off cheap gold plating?
#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-28 08:33 PM | Reply | Funny: 3
Did Project 2025 anticipate this? Does his Big Beautiful Bill says he gets to ignore the Court of International Trade? Asking for my 401(K).
#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 08:43 PM | Reply
- Big Beautiful Bill
Is actually the name of his body man at Mar a Lardo.
#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-28 08:55 PM | Reply | Funny: 4
Don't worry president taco is on it
#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-05-28 09:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Updated Wed, May 28 2025 9:00 PM EDT
Dow futures jump 500 points as court blocks Trump tariffs
www.cnbc.com
#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-28 09:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"Trump Always Chickens Out." Markets generally sell off when Trump makes his tariff threats and then recover after he backs down.
Trump was visibly offended when asked about the phrase Wednesday and rejected the idea that he's "chickening out," saying that the reporter's inquiry was "nasty."
"You call that chickening out?" Trump said. "It's called negotiation," adding that he sets a "ridiculous high number and I go down a little bit, you know, a little bit" until the figure is more reasonable.
"Don't ever say what you said," Trump said with regard to the notion of him chickening out. "To me, that's the nastiest question."
apnews.com
TRULY a stable genius... why has no one in the world ever thought of this before?
#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-28 09:21 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 4
Trump is the best at under-cutting himself.
Increasing taxation will still define this part of his economic "equalization".
Such a fun time to be too poor to care any less about the wealthiest parasites.
#12 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-28 09:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Big Beautiful Bill Is actually the name of his body man at Mar a Lardo.
#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-28 08:55 PM | Reply | Fun
I wonder if he is talking about Bill Johnson when he says that?? Just checking
#13 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-05-28 10:10 PM | Reply | Funny: 4
It never made sense to me that POTUS could unilaterally impose tariffs without accompanying legislation from congress.
#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-05-28 10:25 PM | Reply
SMACKED right in his fat old keister!
#15 | Posted by YAV at 2025-05-28 10:30 PM | Reply
But you'll be all good when SCOTUS overturns it?
#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-28 10:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#14 | Posted by BellRinger
Jesus wept.
What a disingenuous, lying, bucket of horse manure.
#17 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-05-28 10:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 6
Smoot Hawley went through the legislative branch before it went to the executive branch to become law. Congress controls the money. The executive branch just carries it out.
#18 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-05-28 10:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
That's exactly what I was thinking about, Laura Mohr.
#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-05-28 10:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
I'm sure John Roberts will find some way to let the Unitary Executive get away with it, accompanied by the conservacl0wns in the SCOTUS
#20 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-05-28 10:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"bucket of horse manure."
You know all about that, "Dad".
#21 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-05-28 10:58 PM | Reply
#MAGATACO
#22 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-05-28 11:02 PM | Reply
Making Another Gigantic Atrocity Trump's Another Corrupt Ogre
#23 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-05-28 11:20 PM | Reply
My favorite MAGA was when Giuliani got in trouble.
My Attorney Got Arrested
#24 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-05-28 11:31 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
It never made sense to me that POTUS could unilaterally impose tariffs without accompanying legislation from congress. #14 | Posted by BellRinger
Haven't you been paying attention? There is accompanying legislation from Congress. Trump invoked that authority when he declared a National Emergency. This Court ruled that Trump exceeded the authority granted by Congress in event of a National Emergency.
The 800lb gorilla is what constitutes a national emergency. This "emergency" only happened because Trump said so. You were fine with that, because that's the kind of person you are.
#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 11:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4
It was legal when Obamaand Biden did it.
#26 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-05-28 11:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
When did Obama declare a National Emergency to enact tariffs, visitor_?
#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-28 11:47 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1
Presidential Safeguard Action on Tires from China: In September 2009, President Obama directed the imposition for three years of additional tariffs to stop a harmful surge of imports of Chinese tires for passenger cars and light trucks. The surge caused production of U.S. tires to drop, domestic tire plants to close, and Americans to lose their jobs. Acting on behalf of American manufacturers and workers, President Obama invoked a law that had never before been used to give the United States the right under WTO rules to address harm caused by imports from China. USTR successfully defended China's WTO challenge to the President's action, resulting in WTO findings that rejected China's challenge in its entirety.
ustr.gov
#28 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 02:08 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The Trump administration has other authorities it can use to impose tariffs similar to those the court struck down:
The administration could quickly replace the 10% across-the-board tariff with a similar tariff of up to 15% under Sec. 122. Those tariffs would last for only up to 150 days, after which the law requires Congressional action to extend (the law is not clear on whether the period could end after 150 days and then quickly restart again). Sec. 122 authorizes the President to address a balance of payments deficit or to prevent an imminent and significant depreciation in the dollar, but it does not require any formal investigation or process, so the administration could theoretically replace the current 10% tariff with a Sec. 122-based tariff within days if deemed necessary. The US Trade Representative could quickly launch Sec. 301 investigations on key trading partners, laying the procedural groundwork for tariffs after the investigation is complete. This would take longer, likely several weeks at a minimum and probably a few months to complete several investigations. There is no limit on the level or duration of tariffs under Sec. 301. Sec. 232 tariffs, which President Trump has already used for steel, aluminum, and autos, could be broadened to cover other sectors. We already expect additional sectoral tariffs (pharmaceuticals, semiconductors/electronics, etc) and uncertainty regarding the IEEPA-based tariffs could lead the White House to put more emphasis on sectoral tariffs, where there is much less legal uncertainty. President Trump has not emphasized sectoral tariffs as frequently lately as he did earlier this year, but if the White House finds it has less flexibility on country-focused tariffs, sectoral tariffs might receive more attention again. Sec. 338 of the Trade Act of 1930 allows the President to impose tariffs of up to 50% on imports from countries that discriminate against the US. This authority, which has never been used, is similar to the authority under Sec. 301, except that it limits the amount of the tariffs but does not require a formal investigation.
#29 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 02:11 AM | Reply
FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Action to Protect ... U.S. Department of Commerce (.gov) www.commerce.gov fact-sheets 2024 fa... May 14, 2024 " The tariff rates on syringes and needles will increase from 0% to 50% in 2024. For certain personal protective equipment (PPE), including ...
Biden Administration Ratchets Up Tariffs on Chinese Goods The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com U.S. Politics Sep 13, 2024 " The tariffs, which range from 7.5 percent to 100 percent, will apply to clothing, solar panels, electric vehicles, syringes, steel and other ...
(no congressional legislation required)
#30 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 02:14 AM | Reply
I'm going to cash in for the win, and buy the dip when tariffs are inevitably back on the menu.
#31 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 02:16 AM | Reply
Daddysfist, how many Chinese trademarks does the------------------- possess?
#32 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-29 03:25 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Just for the record, as the whinging and whining drone on: The judges on the panel were Reagan, Trump, and Obama appointees.
#33 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-29 05:31 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
#33: Last century my friend did his law clerkship at the "sleepy" Court of International Law; not so "sleepy," though.
#34 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-29 06:59 AM | Reply
Donny Two Dolls is not going to be happy.
I predict lots of tweets threatening the lives of these judges.
#35 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-05-29 07:05 AM | Reply
It's your turn, Snoofy.
#36 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-29 07:58 AM | Reply
Why'd I not know of the powerful Court of International Trade until now?
#37 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-05-29 08:09 AM | Reply
More failing by Trump, the lifelong failure.
#38 | Posted by cbob at 2025-05-29 08:42 AM | Reply
"Why'd I not know of the powerful Court of International Trade until now?"
Because Trump is the first President to go around ripping up the underpinnings of modern civil society.
#39 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 08:43 AM | Reply
"Here's an article by a law prof. involved in the case. reason.comHere's an article by a law prof. involved in the case. reason.com"
While ordinarily, I would reject anything from Reason.com, I do agree with them entirely about tariffs which, if allowed to stand permanently, could and, I think would, unravel the 80 years of world peace, meaning only freedom from worldwide conflicts like WWI or WWII. I believe free trade is essential for world peace and economic growth for poor nations. I continuously ask MAGA conservatives how imposing tariffs on Mexico's auto parts manufacturing ndustries will effect the numbers of desperately poor people entering the United States hoping to pick our crops or roof our houses? How does destroying well paid jobs in Mexico serve our purposes here? Maybe I'm crazy but it seems to me that the more manufacturing jobs that are available the fewer desperate people oming here for backbreaking jobs on our farms....and the less expensive our new cars will be. Realize one basic truth; Trump doesn't care about your job; he's not protecting American jobs, he's just trying to raise revenue to offset huge tax cuts for himself and his billionaire buddies!
#40 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 08:44 AM | Reply
"I do agree with them entirely about tariffs which, if allowed to stand permanently, could and, I think would, unravel the 80 years of world peace"
That's the whole point. That's what Republicans want. Trump is upsetting the New World Order. Replacing it with one where America is a Has-Been.
#41 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 08:46 AM | Reply
Fat Donnie Dumbass is a ------- clown
#42 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-29 09:30 AM | Reply
HIDE THE KETCHUP!
#43 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-05-29 10:03 AM | Reply
A lot of stuff with this administration doesn't make sense to gutes Deutsch.
But he supports it anyway!
#44 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 10:05 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"That's the whole point. That's what Republicans want."
Not disputing that is what Republican politicians think they want but someone needs to somehow simplify the history of the 20th Century into a third grade level lesson for the majority of Americans and present it as a cartoon. Why do so many Europeans and others around the world think most Americans are so stupid? Because they are! When Trump got reelected their suspicions about American intelligence were confirmed and then his second term has absolutely confirmed that the I.Q, of America is rapidly declining!
#45 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 10:18 AM | Reply
#37 | Posted by lee_the_agent
Because it took the ridiculous idiocy of MAGA to make usually quiet backwaters of our system have to speak out against the corruption and illegal activities being done out in the open?
#46 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 10:24 AM | Reply
he's just trying to raise revenue to offset huge tax cuts for himself and his billionaire buddies!
#40 | Posted by danni
Even this isn't the correct conclusion because he couldn't give two s*&^s whether the tax cuts are offset by anything.
It's the chaos, Danni. There's profit to be made in chaos if you know where it's going to strike before it strikes or if you're the thumb on the scale and people are willing to pay to move your thumb.
And just like he doesn't care if his tax cuts are offset, he doesn't care what damage he does to the system or to everyone else in the world in his misuse and breaking of the system to extract as much money as he can.
What we're seeing is unbridled greed and corruption. That's it.
#47 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 10:27 AM | Reply
MAGA is just a synonym for Nazi. Excuse me, I mean racist Nazi but the, really, are there actually non-racist Nazis? Aren't Nazis dedicated to the preservation of Aryans and their power?
#48 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 10:30 AM | Reply
My understanding is the Tariffs stay in place during the appeals process.
That could take months if not a year.
And then we'll see if SCOTUS goes 6-3 to bail Trump out.
#49 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-05-29 10:35 AM | Reply
"My understanding is the Tariffs stay in place during the appeals process."
The stock market agrees with you.
#50 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 10:36 AM | Reply
Not all Nazis are racist, but all racists are Nazis
#51 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-29 10:41 AM | Reply
Kiss your economy goodbye then!
#52 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 10:42 AM | Reply
Nazis love to talk about I.Q., just fyi. It's an antiquated, narrow-minded measure of what we once considered intelligence. It can be useful in finding out how smart somebody might be, but it is not a definitive gold standard end all, be all www.polytechnique-insights.com
#53 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-29 10:48 AM | Reply
re: #51 flag: Dyslexia
Not all racists are Nazis, but all Nazis are racists
#54 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-29 10:49 AM | Reply
Democrats cheering courts blocking free trade.
#55 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-29 10:55 AM | Reply
#48 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 10:30 AM | Reply | Flag: (Choose)
What's that Kamala?
#56 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-29 10:57 AM | Reply
Democrats cheering courts blocking free trade. #55 | Posted by fishpaw
^ Is somebody going to tell him?
#57 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 10:57 AM | Reply
"It can be useful in finding out how smart somebody might be"
They started off measuring intelligence using Chinese Finger Prisons.
But the supply ran out. They didn't get very many of them back from the students in Fishpaw's school.
#58 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 11:00 AM | Reply
My understanding is the Tariffs stay in place during the appeals process. That could take months if not a year.
Still offers more stability and predictability than our current situation.
#59 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 11:23 AM | Reply
#56 | Posted by fishpaw
This doesn't even make sense, idiot.
#60 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 11:23 AM | Reply
#33 | POSTED BY DOC_SARVIS
And we know exactly which one Mad King Trumpy will try to have fired.
#61 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-29 11:38 AM | Reply
"Not all racists know they are Nazis; they believe the same ideology but due to WWII they were taught to hate Nazis but today, through the internet, they are unlearning that and welcoming the term Nazi. "Jews will not replace us!" As if most well educarws American Jews are trying to stal their jobs. The people chanting that garbage probably live in their Mom's basement; doubtful that they will ever even hold a job. In today's workplace, racism is not tolerated.
#62 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 12:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Honest question: If Donald Trump didn't inherit millions of dollars could he have held down a steady job? Personally, I doubt that he could have. Maybe we should start making that a consideration before voting for anyone and probably why prior military service should be a prerequisite for elected politicians.
#63 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 12:16 PM | Reply
If Donald Trump didn't inherit millions of dollars could he have held down a steady job?
Might have made it selling used cars. Not smart enough to be an ambulance chaser.
#64 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-29 12:28 PM | Reply
are there actually non-racist Nazis? #48 | Posted by danni
Hitler's allies were Japanese and negro (Mussolini)
US allies were all White Europeans The US army and navy were strictly segregated
#65 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 01:09 PM | Reply
negro (Mussolini)
Uhhhhh ...
What?
You one of them purebred Nazi racists who doesn't believe Italians are white enough to be considered white?
#66 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-29 01:17 PM | Reply
You one of them purebred Nazi racists #66 | Posted by ClownShack
I am a typical strictly segregated American Mixed Breed. America is the most segregated country in the world, which is one of our greatest greatnesses. There's room for everybody, and we all know which parts of town to stay in (or out of).
#67 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 01:58 PM | Reply
Trump could have never passed the Bar in any state, let alone bribe his way through law school
#68 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-29 02:18 PM | Reply
"Second federal court blocks Trump's tariffs
"This case is not about tariffs qua tariffs," Contreras wrote in his 33-page opinion.
"It is about whether IEEPA enables the President to unilaterally impose, revoke, pause, reinstate, and adjust tariffs to reorder the global economy," he continued.
"The Court agrees with Plaintiffs that it does not."
thehill.com
#69 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-29 02:23 PM | Reply
"Trump tariffs derailed by law firm that received money from his richest backers"
www.theguardian.com
#70 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-29 02:29 PM | Reply
"The Trump administration says it will go to the Supreme Court on Friday if it is unable to block the tariffs ruling
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says "we will win this battle in court" and the administration is working to "tackle rogue judges"
www.bbc.com
One has to wonder if John Roberts is embarrassed yet by his Daddy Trump....
#71 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-29 02:34 PM | Reply
@#71 ... the administration is working to "tackle rogue judges" ...
The three Judges on this unanimous ruling ...
One was appointed by fmr Pres Obama
One was appointed by fmr Pres Reagan
One was appointed by Pres Trump
#72 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-29 03:36 PM | Reply
Federal appeals court revives most of Trump's tariffs -- for now www.scrippsnews.com
... A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused a lower court's decision that had blocked most of President Trump's sweeping tariffs, granting an administrative stay while it considers the government's request for broader relief. ...
#73 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-29 03:59 PM | Reply
And hopefully his lawyers can do something about that stupid constitution that Trumpy is just not sure he really has to follow.
Surely his lawyers can find a loophole in there somewhere that he can exploit for his evil agendas.
#74 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-29 04:22 PM | Reply
Dammit they didn't give me time to sell! How can I buy the dip if I haven't sold yet?! TFW not on the 'advance notice' list...
#75 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 04:30 PM | Reply
Anyone notice the trend running through these injunctions:
Yes, these statutes give POTUS to ability to make judgments based on events, and change policy based on those judgments. BUT only, we can re-interpret the language of the statute, and decide if the judgment of the POTUS is really the correct judgment.
#76 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-29 05:11 PM | Reply
BUT only, we can re-interpret the language of the statute, and decide if the judgment of the POTUS is really the correct judgment.
#76 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT
"We" being the courts.
Out of 143 executive orders 120 have been challenged in the courts as illegal or unconstitutional.
So Trumpy has a pretty bad record for understanding the constitution and what is legal and what is not.
Therefore every EO has to be checked by an adult.
But what else would you expect from a convicted felon?
#77 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-29 05:50 PM | Reply
Out of 143 executive orders 120 have been challenged in the courts as illegal or unconstitutional. #77 | Posted by donnerboy
Yeah these whackos challenge anything, it doesn't matter. Wake me up when any of the challenges hold up in a higher court.
#78 | Posted by cabron_loco at 2025-05-29 10:39 PM | Reply
"Yeah these whackos challenge anything"
Anything that is illegal. Of course! Which is the job of the opposition party. Remember when the you "maga whackos" challenged everything you could possibly challenge when Obama tried to enact his agenda?
The Trumpy theory of gubmint,
The Mad King does what he feels like doing ... and then he sits back and says,
"Now prove me wrong."
And so the courts do.
#79 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-29 11:21 PM | Reply
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