Gorsuch's swipe at the fecklessness of congressional R's.

[pknopp]

I'm not ignoring it. I'm proving its shortsightedness.

Do you honestly think, in the context of his concurrence, he wasn't pointing to R's failures when it comes to tariffs?

And yet it's proving itself true.

 

[Mac-7]

In Gorsuch’s Homage to Legislative Power, a Subtle Reproach of a Neutered Congress​

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch’s concurring opinion released on Friday after the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariffs concluded with a paean to Congress that read like a requiem for a bygone era of legislative power.

“Yes, legislating can be hard and take time,” wrote Justice Gorsuch, a Trump appointee who is part of the court’s conservative majority. “And yes, it can be tempting to bypass Congress when some pressing problem arises. But the deliberative nature of the legislative process was the whole point of its design. Through that process, the nation can tap the combined wisdom of the people’s elected representatives, not just that of one faction or man.”

It was a description of governing completely at odds with what is currently underway across the street from the Supreme Court at the Capitol, where Republicans controlling the House and the Senate have ceded their power to one man — Mr. Trump — on a variety of issues. In essence, they are acting as if they have no wisdom to tap, or no business doing so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/us/politics/gorsuch-congress-trump-tariffs.html

Once in a while a simple comment is able to crystalize the zeitgeist of an entire enterprise in ways a thousand words can not. What follows was such a comment.

Asked at a news conference at the White House on Friday whether he now planned to work with Congress to impose the kinds of sweeping tariffs he prefers, Mr. Trump said he had no intention of doing so.

“I don’t have to,” he said. “I have the right to do tariffs.”

Undaunted after the SC told him he in fact does not have the right to unilaterally "do" tariffs he defiantly claimed he does. Because he believes his power to rule over the country is absolute regardless of what the Constitution says. Explaining why he refuses to go to Congress for their consent. Completely ignoring the Founder's intent as Gorsuch so eloquently points out. "But the deliberative nature of the legislative process was the whole point of its design. Through that process, the nation can tap the combined wisdom of the people’s elected representatives, not just that of one faction or man.”

It's time for congressional R's to end their abdication of authority to a man with no respect for its role in the governance of the nation. The fact that he believes he doesn't have go through the normal legislative process is reason enough to force him to.

It's time for congressional R's to end their abdication of authority to a man with no respect for its role in the governance of the nation.

Is it repubs fault that democrats in the senate have the filibuster and can easily block tariff increases?

Yes trump is impatient

Because he wants to make America better while democrats only want to play partisan politics

 

[berg80]

I do wonder if his growing rage will make it more likely that he'll try something crazy. The people who are closest to him, like Miller, would probably go along with it. But he may be too weakened now. And I doubt that Generals would fall in line for the drunk idiot at the Pentagon.

Crazy being a relative term. Reimposing tariffs after being told their unilateral imposition is unconstitutional could be seen as crazy in some circles. So too the actions of ICE and the regime's defense of them. Then there's the attempted prosecution of enemies. His belief he won in 2020. And so on.

 

[berg80]

And yet it's proving itself true.

Now you're just trolling. Have a nice day.

 

[BluesLegend]

YOU STUPID FOOLS...those gas bags on Congress have spent DECADES selling out American jobs and industries to other countries to line their own pockets in trade deals no 5th grader would agree to. While also looking the other way while other countries dumped products into the U.S. with the intent on destroying American businesses and industries.

The SCOTUS just handed the Congress the power to F over American workers again, way to go you idiots.

 

[pknopp]

It's time for congressional R's to end their abdication of authority to a man with no respect for its role in the governance of the nation.

Is it repubs fault that democrats in the senate have the filibuster and can easily block tariff increases?

Yes trump is impatient

Because he wants to make America better while democrats only want to play partisan politics

You don't make the country better by discarding the Constitution.

 

[rightwinger]

Look at what he said about the conservative SC justices who voted against him on the tariffs.

He's straight up feral now. He'll try to destroy anyone.

Two of the justices he appointed

Don’t they realize they owe him?

 

[Mac1958]

Crazy being a relative term. Reimposing tariffs after being told their unilateral imposition is unconstitutional could be seen as crazy in some circles. So too the actions of ICE and the regime's defense of them. Then there's the attempted prosecution of enemies. His belief he won in 2020. And so on.

Yeah, "crazy in context"...

 

[berg80]

Is it repubs fault that democrats in the senate have the filibuster and can easily block tariff increases?

He went to Congress for tariff authorization during trump 1.0 and was rejected. He hasn't been back since. That's not a coincidence. It's him asserting authority he knows, or should know, he does not possess but believes he should have.

 

[berg80]

Two of the justices he appointed

Don’t they realize they owe him?

It's the transactional side of him coming out. He sees things in the context of quid pro quo's...........not the constitutional order.

 

[rightwinger]

Crazy being a relative term. Reimposing tariffs after being told their unilateral imposition is unconstitutional could be seen as crazy in some circles. So too the actions of ICE and the regime's defense of them. Then there's the attempted prosecution of enemies. His belief he won in 2020. And so on.

Trump has the attitude of….
What are you going to do about it?

Will Congress do anything?
The Justice Dept?

 

[Mac1958]

It's the transactional side of him coming out. He sees things in the context of quid pro quo's...........not the constitutional order.

Being entirely transactional allows a dishonest person to avoid sustained relationships. He knows he may have to throw you under the bus to get what he wants, so relationships just won't work.

Well, sorry, but the rest of the world is better and more honorable than that.

 

[Mac-7]

You don't make the country better by discarding the Constitution.

Trump will comply with the SC ruling

So your fake hysteria over the constituting is misinformed

 

[Mac-7]

He went to Congress for tariff authorization during trump 1.0 and was rejected. He hasn't been back since. That's not a coincidence. It's him asserting authority he knows, or should know, he does not possess but believes he should have.

3 learned black robes disagree

 

[Darkwind]

Why not go to Congress and make the case for tariffs?

that case has already been made, hence the authority.

 

[berg80]

Trump has the attitude of….
What are you going to do about it?

Will Congress do anything?
The Justice Dept?

The DoJ has been reduced to an agency responsible for law enforcement that routinely enables violations of law by the regime.

 

[berg80]

that case has already been made, hence the authority.

So.........you don't understand how our government is supposed to work.

 

[berg80]

3 learned black robes disagree

 

[pknopp]

Reading further on Gorsuchs long response he is also condemning the left leaning justices.

You can read into this concerning their replies to his words. They directly address the idea of hypocrisy on the court.

Gorsuch condemns the three for ruling against Biden but then siding with Trump. He notes the same concerning those who did the opposite.

 

[rightwinger]

The DoJ has been reduced to an agency responsible for law enforcement that routinely enables violations of law by the regime.

Trump learned his lesson with Sessions and Barr
AJs who were partisan but not willing to break the law or constitution

With Blondie, he has an AJ who will do as she is told
Answerable to Trump not the Constitution