Anybody love the fact that Trump just got the left to ARGUE conservative view to SCOTUS

You gotta love the fact that the Attorney suing the Trump admin, Katyal (clerck under Kegan and Obama guy) is arguing conservative points of view to the SCOTUS.

This is just fricking funny:

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Katyal says that if the court rules against the government, the administration has plenty of other trade authorities it can turn to. That’s true. As we’ve written, there are a range of other authorities that allow the president to impose tariffs that could be just as sweeping

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So Atilo asks:

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whether the Supreme Court should address President Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under authorities other than the law at issue in the case.

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So he set this guy up perfectly. Justice Alito asked Katyal about his argument that the Trump administration’s tariffs violate the “nondelegation doctrine,” a legal theory that prevents Congress from delegating its legislative powers to other branches of government. The doctrine has been pushed in recent years primarily by conservative legal groups.

The exchange:

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“I wonder if you ever thought that your legacy as a constitutional advocate would be the man who revived the nondelegation argument?” Justice Alito asked of Katyal, who served in the Obama administration.

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Mr. Katyal was quick to respond. “Heck yes, Justice Alito. I think Justice Gorsuch nailed it on the head when saying that when you’re dealing with a statute that is this open-ended — unlike anything we’ve ever seen — to give the President this power.”

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LMAO!

So let's get this straight.

1- They admit Trump can do this anyway. That there are many other ways to do this.

2- But at the same time, should they win, removes the next DEM the authority to use this for things like climate change etc..... WHICH they have threatened before.

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