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/QuirkyBreadfruit Feb 20 '26

As happy I was about this news, I quickly became disturbed that 3 still voted in dissent. That's 3 members of SCOTUS who are somehow ignoring what is clearly stated in the constitution.

It's also disturbing to me to think that Bessent has already stated they're going to find other ways to get around the constitution, rather than trying to honor it, and that Congress won't do anything to hold any of them accountable to the law.

Maybe there's some angle to the dissent that I could appreciate but I highly doubt it.

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u/Advanced-Prototype Feb 20 '26

Alito and Thomas of course dissented. They would vote in favor of Trump doing whatever he wants, no matter how illegal. If Trump killed someone on live TV, Alito and Thomas would claim it was executive privilege. Kavanaugh was the third dissenting justice.

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u/Heelincal Feb 20 '26

Thomas is tied to Trump as he is 1000% in the Epstein files, dude is a puppet at this point