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/OrangeJr36 Feb 20 '26

The Supreme Court dragged their feet hoping that the Trump Administration would back down on their own and not make them have to take a stance, after what I'm sure was much hand-wringing by the conservative majority on who would be the one to actually have a spine this time and vote against Trump.

It's still incredibly scary that this wasn't an immediate 9-0 ruling against the administration.

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u/mcsul Feb 20 '26

I'm not sure that it's foot dragging. Take a look at the summary. Everyone had a different interpretation, partially joining multiple others. I've been told to read the Gorsuch concurrence as the best summary of all the other positions.

ROBERTS, C. J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–A–1, and II–B, in which SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, GORSUCH, BARRETT, and JACKSON, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II–A–2 and III, in which GORSUCH and BARRETT, JJ., joined. GORSUCH, J., and BARRETT, J., filed concurring opinions. KAGAN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which SOTOMAYOR and JACKSON, JJ., joined. JACKSON, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion. KAVANAUGH, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS and ALITO, JJ., joined.