BREAKING: Most of Trump's tariffs ruled illegal

[The Duke]

DUHHHHH....that was obvious 7 months ago when Trump first began his sabotage of the U.S. economy.

A major blow to Trump.....but a nice W for the Constitution.

President Donald Trump’s cornerstone economic policy was dealt another setback Friday when a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority to impose most of his sweeping tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision that Trump overstepped his authority in using a 1977 law, called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to impose most of his tariffs. The emergency law is used in the case of threats against the country.

“The statute 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," a group of federal judges wrote in their ruling.

The decision throws the future of Trump’s foundational economic policy into uncertainty once more, just weeks after the president announced increased levies on more than 60 countries around the world. Those tariffs spared many countries from even higher levels first proposed by Trump in April, but still added much higher taxes than the country has imposed in recent decades.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/29/federal-court-blocks-trump-tariffs/

Dupe thread, dork.

Thread 'The Federal Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit Has shit down the Presidnet’s tariff program.'

Aug 29, 2025

Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Global Tariffs — The Wall Street Journal

Decision delivers blow to central prong of president’s economic agenda; levies will remain in place pending further proceedings

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They claim that he has gone too far in using an emergency law.

Like every time President Trmo uses powers granted to him by statute or by the Constitution itself, the tyrannical branch seeks to become the Co-President.

I guess “****” the Separation of Powers, eh?

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Thread 'BREAKING: Most of Trump's tariffs ruled illegal'

Aug 29, 2025

An appeals court has ruled Trump's tariffs illegal. It will be appealed to SCOTUS.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/trump-trade-tariffs-appeals-court-ieepa.html

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You're late.

 

[petro]

OP puts up a link with a paywall, then bitches about added costs.


Oh well, saves me from wasting my time

 

[Rambunctious]

Too bad judge we don't care about your rulings...

 

[Care4all]

How is it possible for an unelected Appeals Court to shut down a foreign trade policy initiated by the President? Who are these people?

Trump claimed fake emergency power in order to Levy his tariffs, of which the Constitution gives that power to CONGRESS ONLY and Congress has not given trump that power...

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

hmmm, the court didn't even bother to read the complaint, they just rendered the verdict and mailed it to a higher court...

Look at you, making stuff up to soothe yourself.

Adorable!

 

[whitehall]

Foreign governments have been shitting on good old Uncle Chump for decades with unfair trade practices. Trump finally has a handle on it and wouldn't you know left wing TDS Hussein appointed judges are desperate to end the tariffs before the economy really starts booming.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Pick your reason.
I'd choose this as the biggest reason:

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And you would right away lower taxes on rich peole and corporations, right?

As long as we are pretending the dumbest fking economic ideas in history are smart.

 

[shockedcanadian]

And you would right away lower taxes on rich peole and corporations, right?

As long as we are pretending the dumbest fking economic ideas in history are smart.

I've been begging America to decrease debt since you were just below $20T in the hole.

 

[shockedcanadian]

What the **** was that post?

If you default on your debt what do you think will happen?

Go look at historical references, Greece was a fairly recent event.

This is for all the marbles because the U.S will also lose it's reserve currency status.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

I've been begging America to decrease debt since you were just below $20T in the hole.

Well, I was being somewhat facetious.

Don't worry. The fat rapist and his white nationalist backers have managed to transfer the burden to the lower earners. The rich peole and corporations are safe for now.

 

[Cougarbear]

DUHHHHH....that was obvious 7 months ago when Trump first began his sabotage of the U.S. economy.

A major blow to Trump.....but a nice W for the Constitution.

President Donald Trump’s cornerstone economic policy was dealt another setback Friday when a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority to impose most of his sweeping tariffs on imports from dozens of trading partners.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s decision that Trump overstepped his authority in using a 1977 law, called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to impose most of his tariffs. The emergency law is used in the case of threats against the country.

“The statute 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," a group of federal judges wrote in their ruling.

The decision throws the future of Trump’s foundational economic policy into uncertainty once more, just weeks after the president announced increased levies on more than 60 countries around the world. Those tariffs spared many countries from even higher levels first proposed by Trump in April, but still added much higher taxes than the country has imposed in recent decades.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/08/29/federal-court-blocks-trump-tariffs/

Will be overturned by the Supreme Court. They already said tariffs are legal. We need to deport app Democrat judges to Guantanamo Bay.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Will be overturned by the Supreme Court.

No it wont.

They already said tariffs are legal.

No they didnt.

 

[BackAgain]

He went too far. He did NOT follow the law in the so called emergency power,

No he didn’t go too far and yes he DID follow the law.

and the emergency power never included tariffs....taxing us, without representation....

I’m confused. I didn’t see your citation to authority or a link.

....we fought a revolutionary war against King George, for just that....

No. That’s not what we fought the Revolutionary War for.

 

[Natural Citizen]

....taxing us, without representation....


....we fought a revolutionary war against King George, for just that....

^^^ Pretty much this ^^^

These slithering authoritarians have been routinely invoking ''emergency powers'' quite arbitrarily as a stalking horse to try to get around the consent of the governed over the course of several administrations, unfortunately.

They're totally bypassing Congress by way of that charade.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Then are tariffs against us also illegal, or just the tariffs that benefit us? So, do we continue to pay out the ass while countries destroy our trade?
F that and the federal judge you rode in on. Money coming into our country is better than money constantly leaving our country. The populace knows that, and so the Supreme Court.

 

[BackAgain]

The Constitution grants him no such powers.

The Emegency Law upon which he relied does.

Do try to keep up, skrewy.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Then are tariffs against us also illegal, or just the tariffs that benefit us?

You are not following.

They didnt rule that "tariffs are illegal".

They ruled that most of Trump's tariffs by EO are illegal.

 

[skews13]

I've been begging America to decrease debt since you were just below $20T in the hole.

America was less than $1 trillion before Reaganism.

Those debt numbers are 100% owed to trickledown tax cut scams, that have required borrowing massive amounts of money to replace revenues that have to be paid back with interest.

Conservatives never had any credibility on debt or deficits.

 

[Blaster]

This won't stop Trump.

 

[Blaster]

He went too far. He did NOT follow the law in the so called emergency power, and the emergency power never included tariffs....taxing us, without representation....


....we fought a revolutionary war against King George, for just that....

This court is just a temporary roadblock.