IronpigsWizardFeb 20

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics

https://lemmy.world/post/43374951

Supreme Court rules that Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs are illegal | CNN Politics - Lemmy.World

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president’s foreign policy and economic agenda.

Show threadbrucethemooseFeb 20

Whoa.

Well, I bet my pants that Justice Clarence Thomas is a dissenting opinion. Does it say in the article?

Show threadfloofloof

There’s only one way to find out: ask people what’s in the article.

Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch joined with Roberts and the three liberal justices in the majority. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

Feb 20 at 3:47pmWeb
Show threadbrucethemooseFeb 20
I just wanted to guess before I read it.
Show threadorclevFeb 20
It’s always the ones you most suspect. You could probably be closely aligned with the constitution without knowing a single thing about the law by just always taking the opposite position from whatever Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh take.