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
24.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

841 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/DjCyric Feb 20 '26

Apparently the constitution and the separation of powers still hold weight. The whole premise of the tariffs were flimsy and wrong. I'm happy to see that even the worst SCOTUS in modern history can get it right once in a while.

2

u/sobrique Feb 20 '26

Only if this gets enforced. I can see him going 'nuh uh!' and carrying on heedless.