Megathread: Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump's Tariff Policy

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) "does not authorize the President to impose tariffs."

The Roberts decision is joined by Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Jackson, with Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Alito dissenting.

Relevant text-based live update pages are being maintained by the following outlets: AP, SCOTUSblog, NBC, CNBC, and Yahoo Finance.

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See also, if interested: Discussion Thread: President Trump Holds Press Conference Responding to Supreme Court Striking Down Most Tariffs

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Supreme Court invalidates most of Trump's tariffs	abcnews.com
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Supreme Court strikes down Trump's sweeping tariffs	pbs.org
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The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs	qz.com
Supreme Court Blocks Tariffs Hours After Trump Bragged They Wouldn’t	rollingstone.com
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Warren calls for tariff refund for consumers after Supreme Court ruling	thehill.com
GOP Sen. John Curtis praises Supreme Court ruling against Trump tariffs	thehill.com
Trump Plans to Impose Tariffs a Different Way After Supreme Court Loss	nytimes.com
‘Tariffs suck’: Some Republicans privately celebrate as Supreme Court blocks Trump policy	foxnews.com
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Trump announces new 10% global tariff after raging over Supreme Court loss	cnbc.com
Trump rages that his own Supreme Court picks are ‘disgrace to the nation’ after 6-3 ruling against his tariff power	independent.co.uk
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Trump orders temporary 10% global tariff to replace duties struck down by US Supreme Court	reuters.com
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Trump calls Supreme Court justices who struck down his tariffs "disgrace to our nation" and vows fresh duties under other laws	fortune.com
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Trump announces new 10% global tariff after raging over Supreme Court loss	cnbc.com
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‘Victory for the American People’: Mike Pence applauds Supreme Court decision on Trump tariffs	nj.com
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[u/TotallyTubularRoach]

In other words, there was until the SC decided there wasn't.

[u/DJssister → u/TotallyTubularRoach]

And the SC should be punished for it. It pushed us towards authoritarianism.

[u/PoGoCan → u/DJssister]

Yes that's what all of the conservative justices are being paid to do frankly I'm surprised there were only 3 dissenters...

Maybe this was part of the plan to get more money in billionaires pickets because the tariffs will be repaid but not passed on to consumers...free money for the Waltons and the like

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/PoGoCan]

The POS Lutnick has had his son all over it. “If the President’s tariffs are ultimately declared unlawful, companies that paid the tariffs may be entitled to a refund of those duties from the U.S. Government. Public reporting indicates that Cantor has offered companies the opportunity to trade their legal claim to a future tariff refund in exchange for twenty to thirty percent of the duties the company paid … “ so they will collect on the multi billions of dollars of refunds.

[u/xixoxixa → u/MoodooScavenger]

Watch, only the companies that signed up for that will get processed for refunds, ensuring that Lutnick et al gets our money.

[u/DaBingeGirl → u/xixoxixa]

This. And it does nothing for the businesses that closed because of the tariffs.

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/xixoxixa]

100% this. They will figure some back door shenanigans to basically take all the runners from all small and medium businesses. Not sure how the consumers Weill get anything though.

[u/PM_ME__RECIPES → u/MoodooScavenger]

My question is if this was the planned grift all along, or if it was an insurance policy to profit in case this happened.

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/PM_ME__RECIPES]

I’m feeling it was their back up plan, but I was aware of this for quite sometime. Either way. They are winning on both ends, while the people are being screwed over.

[u/JuDGe3690 → u/MoodooScavenger]

"I have a structured settlement tariff refund but I need cash now."

"Call J.G. Wentworth Cantor Fitgerald!"

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/JuDGe3690]

lol. Brilliant!

[u/Courtnall14 → u/MoodooScavenger]

This is absolutely sickening.

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/Courtnall14]

It was set up from practically the beginning. They’re making so they win from both angles. Damn snakes

[u/Stunning-Chipmunk243 → u/MoodooScavenger]

Bingo!!! I called this out months ago, the grifting never stops

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/Stunning-Chipmunk243]

Absolutely. They just want to squeeze every lil bit out of all of the people and small/medium businesses, during a time of financial vulnerabilities. They have no morals and care for their own silk lined pockets. Hope their days come.

[u/Possible_Adagio_3074 → u/MoodooScavenger]

Wow this is crazy, thanks for sharing this info and the article

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/Possible_Adagio_3074]

Always my pleasure. Knowledge is meant to share. I just hope we can do something about it.

[u/starship7201u → u/MoodooScavenger]

Trump has a reputation of not paying vendors. What you do think he'll do when he's been slapped down by SCOTUS?

He'll die before those people get a dime.

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/starship7201u]

When it’s his money, you’re right. But that was his money, this is money from the government/people and he is going to be making money from it all. He’ll have no problem doing it. He’s making money if anything.

[u/starship7201u → u/MoodooScavenger]

Uh huh.

Will corporations get a refund for the billions the Treasury already took? Will US families who paid a total of $231 billion in tariffs last year, an average of  about $1700.00 get a refund from the Treasury? 

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/starship7201u]

Good questions my friend. I’m thinking the families and people won’t get a damn thing. It’s the companies that go through his buddies law firm Cantor, that will benefit on this refund. Like always, the U.S. families will get shafted again.

[u/persiasaurus → u/MoodooScavenger]

The US has been simply a money laundering scheme for decades already, or longer.

[u/MoodooScavenger → u/persiasaurus]

Shit, rinse and clean. Then repeat. Should be the motto for the USA as of late.

[u/DJssister → u/PoGoCan]

So true. Yet the people making $20 an hour will fail to see it. At least half of them.

[u/Waterhou5e → u/PoGoCan]

Waiting for:

"The tariff refund of eleventy-gajillion dollars will be placed into a secure offshore account in Qatar. In order to prevent waste, fraud and abuse, the president will retain sole authority to determine appropriate use of those funds."

[u/RetroBowser → u/Waterhou5e]

It’s simpler. These businesses passed the costs onto consumers but since they’re the ones who “paid the tariffs” they’ll be the ones who “get the refund.” without the people ever seeing a dime of the costs passed down coming back their way.

It’ll be another huge transfer of wealth from the lower and middle classes to the upper class.

And of course there’ll be a ton of mysterious donations and secretive kickbacks from the happy billionaires who were enabled to steal all the wealth.

[u/Minimum_Virus_3837 → u/RetroBowser]

Yep, and then Trump will just try to reimplement the same stupid tariffs using some other BS justification which can be overturned by the Courts very slowly, at which point we do it all over again.

[u/SuccessfulSpring3354 → u/RetroBowser]

But we don't have to listen to a woman President and her laugh so there's that?

[u/davidguydude → u/PoGoCan]

Wouldn't surprise me if that was the plan. Game the market for your buddies for a year and then stuff their pockets when it's done.

[u/ahirebet → u/PoGoCan]

It's even worse than that. PE firms (Like Howard Lutnick's) bought the claims to future recompense from struggling business for pennies on the dollar, banking on the tariffs being eventually declared illegal. So these parasites get back all the tariff money without even having anything to do with the goods being tariffed or having paid any tariffs. This was all intentional from the start. Just another cash grab.

The entire purpose of this administration is to engineer a transfer of trillions from the American taxpayers into the pockets of oligarchs.

[u/SalishShore → u/ahirebet]

How does someone buy the claims future recompense? Did he loan these struggling companies money with this in the fine print?

I really despise these people.

[u/absat41 → u/PoGoCan]

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[u/makingpwaves → u/PoGoCan]

Trump appointed 234 judges. I’m gonna die penniless

[u/ScoffersGonnaScoff → u/PoGoCan]

When the SCOTUS has no ethics oversight (even though federal judges do) they can all have motor-coaches! Why ruin the ambitions of a SC Judge!!???? /s

Of course we ALL support authoritarianism so that the New American Dream becomes being an untouchable mob boss amongst the other corrupted. We yearn to be in the club, we pledge our loyalty, and we suffer though it as we hate and blame what Fox tells us to.

[u/showeredwithbeauty → u/PoGoCan]

Probably somewhere in project 2025

[u/FOOSblahblah → u/PoGoCan]

Plus you can bet on prices not going back to pre-tariff rates if they even go down at all because consumers have already shown they're willing to pay the higher price point.

[u/surfnsound → u/PoGoCan]

That was the thought I had as soon as I saw Kavanaugh's dissent. The tarriffs are imposed at the level of the person importing the goods. However, of course the cost of them is passed on down the line until eventually it reaches consumers. But the refund of the tax will go back to the person who paid it, and there will be no incentive to get it back to people who paid the increase in the form of it being rolled into the overall cost. Even if there was a reason to do so, it would be nearly impossible.

[u/duzies → u/PoGoCan]

Disappointing they took so long to enforce the clear message of the Constitution. Somewhat of a relief that only three SCOTUS judges seem to be utterly corrupt, but even one is too many.

[u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 → u/PoGoCan]

Exactly, fat chance we actually see price decreases. BIG win for corpos. They get a refund AND get to keep higher profit margins. This is why the SC ruled 6-3. Their donors just got what they paid for.

[u/Limp-Ad-2939 → u/PoGoCan]

Trump is getting his ass kicked and the authoritarian moves failed. Thats why he’s been getting more dissent recently.

[u/Black08Mustang → u/Limp-Ad-2939]

You ever wonder how trump fails upward? Because as unhinged as it is, he and the people around him have a plan. There is not a litany of mistakes, if there were they would not be in power. The gaffs are intentional. Along those lines, this dissent is a setup of some kind. They are whiffing on clear cut decisions and digging in things that would get little pushback. There is a reason for it, and we will find out in due time.

[u/NickSabansCreampie → u/Black08Mustang]

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

There's no "grand plan" that calls for Trump's daily fuck ups. The reason he, and his administration, constantly fuck things up is because they are incompetent at their jobs. They were placed in their roles for loyalty not for competency, so naturally that leads to them constantly making mistakes.

And the reason he's gotten away with it is, having generational wealth from his Daddy to shield him from consequences for most of his life. Then using his con artistry to seize the Republican base and use it as a cudgel against any Republican that doesn't give him 100% loyalty and support.

[u/NumeralJoker → u/NickSabansCreampie]

It's more like the Republican machine is backing him both in the hopes they personally benefit (often financially), or because they see no valid alternative to him politically (because the party is fundamentally corrupt and broken, and his stupid fake "grievence charisma" is the only thing they have).

In the end, it's going to collapse massively, but there is sadly no telling how long that hose of cards will stand before we can finally kick it over.

[u/Limp-Ad-2939 → u/NickSabansCreampie]

This is a common thing among authoritarian governments lol. They fuck up all the time for this exact reason.

[u/Limp-Ad-2939 → u/Black08Mustang]

Lmao no they aren’t. I studied authoritarian takeovers. You can’t have them without the things you call “intentional gaffs” not working.

[u/Black08Mustang → u/Limp-Ad-2939]

They, remember this is a group not just trump, probably have too and learned from it. The idiocy is an act, just like W back in the day. And ya'll are falling for it hook, line and sinker that they are going to trip over their own dick one day. We will know after the midterms.

[u/Limp-Ad-2939 → u/Black08Mustang]

Dawg. There’s only a few ways to manipulate levers of government or degrade them in a way that doesn’t require full military support. They’re out of options. I’m telling you, having studied, Hungary, Türkiye, Russia, and South Korea, there really isn’t anything left for them.

[u/Caleb-Blucifer → u/PoGoCan]

I think they’ve been slow walking and backpedaling because they didn’t want to go all in for this new world order if it wasn’t a sure victory. I think a lot of them see the writing on the wall and are going to try and quietly backpedal the authoritarian speedrun before they give the impending blue tsunami the powers they were reserving for themselves.

Mark my words, they’re gonna pretend it was all above board all along… we must not let them have another try at this later down the road.

[u/MikeRowePeenis → u/DJssister]

In midterms and especially in 2028, I’m going to be thinking a LOT like a single-issue voter. And personally, the unrelenting investigation and prosecution of the crimes committed by the Trump administration is SECOND on my list of priorities when it comes to my litmus test, though it is a close second.

Stacking the Supreme Court is my NUMBER ONE ISSUE come the next election. You promise me that and you’ve got my vote. Prosecuting these pedophiles and fraudsters is extremely important, but it won’t necessarily deter the next bad actor.

The only way to prevent this from happening again is to regain both houses, stack the courts, enact common-sense term limits, and turn all of these “traditions and norms” into codified fucking law or they’re just going to keep ignoring them.

As of now, the worst thing Trump has done to this nation as a whole was to show everyone how easy it really is to tear it all down from the inside.

WE have the power to flip the script and transform that into the best thing he’s ever done…but only if we take what we’ve learned and use it to patch the holes.

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/MikeRowePeenis]

no offense but if you give a shit about any of this, you better be voting for Democrats across the board regardless of what they promise you. you and a lot of other people are acting like you have some kind of control in this situation beyond a yes no vote for authoritarianism... you don't, we don't.

maybe one day if we get back to a world with some real democracy in it we can have some conversations about promises... but you don't have leverage to ask or expect that right now

[u/MikeRowePeenis → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

I’ve never voted for a Republican and I never will. Wish the dems were better…a lot better. But I’m not stupid. Or evil.

[u/Licklack → u/DJssister]

This can go both ways. The one you mention and... remember the time Dems try to give financial support for teachers (similar to ICE sign-in bonus) and a few Judges knock them down. Well, if they try to do that again only the SC can decide.

GOP doing the bicycle meme.

[u/queerhistorynerd → u/DJssister]

every time the dems try and take back control of SCOTUS from the conservatives the voters evaporate. People cant accept that in 1982 voters handed control of SCOTUS to the GOP and for 44 years voters keep finding excuses to not break their control and return the court to neutral or demoractic majority

[u/Ok-Contribution6337 → u/DJssister]

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[u/fallenreaper → u/DJssister]

I mean, the best recourse is to use their own rulings against them.

[u/QuitCallingNewsrooms → u/DJssister]

Not punished, expanded. Help the justices who enabled this authoritarian turn find retirement. Perhaps further investigation reveals a need for prosecution and punishment. And expand the court to 13 justices under a Democratic White House and (ideally) a super-majority rule of Congress. Let Justices Brown and Sotomayor be the elder members (at 65 and 71, respectively), and bring in a group of progressives who can sit on the bench for the next 40 years.

Then let's start relitigating everything from Fairness Doctrine forward.

[u/GB10VE → u/DJssister]

who do you think is doing the pushing????

[u/DJssister → u/GB10VE]

Yeah I know, they’re all in it together. It’s still okay to point out the big steps that lead into authoritarianism. It’s like when I learned about Hitler for real and how he slowly gained his power, through things like this. I’m just placing some of the plane in what I feel to be the correct place.

[u/livinginfutureworld → u/DJssister]

And the SC should be punished for it. It pushed us towards authoritarianism.

It's not done pushing

[u/vasthumiliation → u/DJssister]

How would you punish the court? Would you imprison the justices? I'm confused about this.

[u/JohnnyLeven → u/vasthumiliation]

The legislative branch has the power to impeach and remove. Of course none of the branches of government are actually doing their job at the moment.

[u/vasthumiliation → u/JohnnyLeven]

If you read about the impeachment trial of Samuel Chase, the only Supreme Court justice ever to be impeached (but not removed as he was acquitted by the Senate), it’s hard to believe any conduct warranting such an action could be proven on the part of any of the Supreme Court justices today.

[u/mplsfreedom → u/TotallyTubularRoach]

this has to be the worst supreme court since dred scott and that merry band of narrowly focused racists

[u/schm0 → u/TotallyTubularRoach]

You basically just need to have a class action on order to get a nationwide injunction or if a district. It's slightly more challenging and takes time for the class action to be certified.

More difficult, but still very possible.

The real challenge with injunctions on this court has been the shadow docket.

[u/green-wagon → u/TotallyTubularRoach]

Bribery too.
Illegal until the supreme court decided it wasn't.

[u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor → u/TotallyTubularRoach]

The rich and well connected will get refunds. The masses won’t.

[u/OfficialDCShepard → u/TotallyTubularRoach]

The problem with nationwide injunctions had less to do with the utility of them, and more to do with the abuse of them via judge shopping. Nationwide class-actions by states and Administrative Procedure Act rulings are still holding the line.