Rule as the Constitution says.
1. Textualism is a mode of legal interpretation that focuses on the plain meaning of the text of a legal document. Textualism usually emphasizes how the terms in the Constitution would be understood by people at the time they were ratified, as well as the context in which those terms appear.
I am a textualist.
2. Trump imposted those tariffs for the best of all reasons....the interests of America.
3. "The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and tariffs. Article 1, Section 8 provides that the Congress “shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.” The president has no authority in the Constitution to unilaterally impose tariffs without an act of Congress. "
Mike Pence
4. The three who do not belong on the Supreme Court, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, are expected to vote against Trump.
5. But I am sorely disappointed in my favorites, Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, who should have adhered to the Constitution.
"The Constitution’s Article I, Section 8 states: “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, … but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.”
Another part of the Constitution bars states from setting their own tariffs on goods, with some exceptions. Article I, Section 10, Clause 2 reads that “No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws.”
1. Textualism is a mode of legal interpretation that focuses on the plain meaning of the text of a legal document. Textualism usually emphasizes how the terms in the Constitution would be understood by people at the time they were ratified, as well as the context in which those terms appear.
I am a textualist.
2. Trump imposted those tariffs for the best of all reasons....the interests of America.
3. "The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy taxes and tariffs. Article 1, Section 8 provides that the Congress “shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.” The president has no authority in the Constitution to unilaterally impose tariffs without an act of Congress. "
Mike Pence
4. The three who do not belong on the Supreme Court, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, are expected to vote against Trump.
5. But I am sorely disappointed in my favorites, Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, who should have adhered to the Constitution.
"The Constitution’s Article I, Section 8 states: “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, … but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.”
Another part of the Constitution bars states from setting their own tariffs on goods, with some exceptions. Article I, Section 10, Clause 2 reads that “No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection Laws.”
A Brief History of the Constitution and Tariffs | Constitution Center
The subject of tariffs is back in the news after President Donald Trump raised tariffs this week on China and is in negotiations with Canada and Mexico over trade conditions.
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