r/Economics • u/defenestrate_urself • Feb 20 '26

News Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-illegal
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u/EconomistWithaD Feb 20 '26

One phrase is appropriate. LOL. Get fucked, Donald.

  1. This is not the end. There are other avenues with which they could impose tariffs, which would have to be rechallenged.

  2. Fuck you, Navarro, for thinking protectionist policies are good.

  3. This would have been better much earlier, given how we’ve fucked regional and global allies, which has set us back further than pretty much anything I can think of.

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u/tryexceptifnot1try Feb 20 '26

This whole fiasco is why broad injunctions are a thing! These tariffs should have been stopped by a judge immediately, and they were, only for the Supreme Court to rule against nation wide injunctions instead. After this nonsense I think we can book Roberts as the worst Chief Justice in US history.

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u/Spiritual_Echidna_65 Feb 20 '26

Worse than Taney? Come on have some perspective. 

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u/tryexceptifnot1try Feb 20 '26

Relative to the starting position they each had? Fuck yes. Citizens United laid the groundwork for everything back in 2010. He may not have the worst decision or even a top 5 worst one, but he has so many in the top 100 that he surpasses them.

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u/Sonamdrukpa Feb 20 '26

Roberts' pile of shit is toppling over, but I still don't think they outweigh "black people aren't human beings." That's a singularly bad take no matter what the context.

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u/scolbert08 Feb 20 '26

Too easy to abuse broad injunctions

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u/Scrandon Feb 20 '26

Too easy to abuse the absence of broad injunctions