They Can speak Up right now….
This IS about Congress vs an activist President….
The refund question (lawsuits ARE on hold) may end up in the lap of Congress, with a President strongly aginst such action….
Wait?….
Republican tariff skeptics on Capitol Hill celebrated Friday after the Supreme Court struck down the core authority behind President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs — dealing a blow to a major plank of the president’s agenda but offering a welcome off-ramp to GOP lawmakers who viewed the levies as a political loser.
Retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) broke with Trump and GOP leaders a week ago to help overturn Trump’s Canada tariffs. On Friday, he hailed the “common sense ruling” by the high court that essentially invalidates those and many other tariffs.
“The checks and balances our Constitution puts in place works,” Bacon said in an interview Friday morning shortly after the decision, adding, “I feel vindicated.”
Another Republican who backed the effort to overturn the Canada tariffs, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, also praised the ruling.
“On its face, this case was obvious, because the Constitution vests the power to tax with the legislative branch, not the Executive branch,” Massie said in a text message. “No contrived emergency can undo that.”
Speaker Mike Johnson and other key GOP leaders did not immediately weigh in on the ruling Friday.
Trump himself appeared upset at the decision, cutting short remarks he was delivering to governors upon hearing the news at a White House breakfast Friday, according to two people in the room granted anonymity to describe the private event.
“He was not happy. He got the info in real time,” one of the people said….
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The ruling prompted tough questions for both parties about what comes next. Bacon indicated the decision could put an end to a flood of additional tariff disapproval votes headed to the House floor in the coming weeks….
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And, Senate Democrats, according to a person granted anonymity to discuss private strategy, are waiting to see how Trump responds to the decision before determining whether to force more votes disapproving of individual emergency declarations….
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Congress might also end up having to wrangle with the question of whether refunds are due to businesses or consumers who paid levies now found to be illegal.
“The Court has struck down these destructive tariffs, but there is no legal mechanism for consumers and many small businesses to recoup the money they have already paid,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) noted in a statement. “Instead, giant corporations with their armies of lawyers and lobbyists can sue for tariff refunds, then just pocket the money for themselves.”….
Bacon is retiring. Massie has already burned every bridge.
The vast, overwhelming majority of Congressional Republicans who might happen agree with the ruling will not say so publicly.
Agreed…..
But?
These guys ARE about ‘The People’ vs the party’s moronic leader….
Mike Pence is out with a detailed statement strongly in support of the ruling.
He actually sounds like what a Republican used to sound like!
Gonna be a LOT of quiet ‘Atta Boy’s’ for the Court….
The court IS actually pushing Congress to take back it’s ‘Power’s’…
Trump- “The decision is horrible and such a disgrace but actually beautiful and tremendous and works out so well for me….”
‘I told you so”…..
Some in GOP privately cheer SCOTUS rebuke of Trump
The small bloc of Republicans who have publicly broken with President Trump on trade policy aren’t the only ones thrilled about the Supreme Court overturning his global tariffs, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Cracks in GOP support for protecting Trump’s trade barriers had already grown significant by the time of the ruling, and Republicans tell Axios a “messy” full-scale revolt on the issue was just around the corner.
“Republicans have been patient with the President’s tariffs until recently, but few significant results have been secured via the trade war,” said one senior House Republican who, like most of their colleagues, has repeatedly voted to curtail Congress’ power to block the president’s tariffs.
“Patience was running thin, and in some respects the Supreme Court decision makes a messy breakup unnecessary.”….
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Uh what exact did you tell us?
That some unnamed Republicans didn’t like Trumps tariffs?
Yeah Nostradamus got nothing on you James!
Wait Jack……
I have MORE coming on the GOPer’s Happiness coming here