Lawfare Dems Thought They’d Deep-Sixed Trump’s Tariffs… They Were Wrong
They didn't even have time for a full 24 hours of gloating
The problem with tactics that rely on creative legal maneuvers and friendly judges is that they are easily overturned by other judges that you have NOT hand-picked.
One Canadian news outlet was describing the ruling this way:
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to declare a national emergency and plaster taxes – tariffs – on imports from almost every country in the world.
The ruling was a big setback for Trump, whose erratic trade policies have rocked financial markets, paralyzed businesses with uncertainty and raised fears of higher prices and slower economic growth. On his Truth Social platform Thursday, he wrote: “The ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade is so wrong, and so political! Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY.”
Not even twelve hours later, they already had to make an update to the reporting to include that an appeals court had shot down the ruling so many countries were gladly reporting about.
But Trump won out even before the day was over, as explained by NEC Director Hassett:
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