re: DJT - Tomorrow's Supreme Court case is "literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country..."

The questions from the bench dont seem to be positive for Trump's ability to tariff.

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So you disregard clear constitutional text?

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Are you suggesting Congress did not cede that power?

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SlowFlowPro

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Too bad your mother wasn't pro-abortion.

Not explicitly in IEPPA. And certainly not explicitly enough to get past non-delegation principles and the major questions doctrine.

The only thing Congress can agree on is to take more money from the American people.

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Oh wow! I was always taught we had 3 “co-equal” branches of government.

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Whoever taught you that did not know what they were talking about.

Congress- which is the voice of both the people and the states, clearly has the most power. There is nothing in the Constitution describing the branches as co-equal.

Congress can impeach (i.e., fire and banish from future service) members of the Executive and Judicial branches. That power alone makes the legislative branch more powerful.

But Congress can override presidential vetoes, and if the Judiciary rules an action by Congress unconstitutional, it can modify its action or initiate an amendment to the Constitution if necessary.

Congress is currently too divided to effectively wield its power, but I believe that is a feature and not a bug. Should the political winds shift drastically in one direction, we could see just how powerful Congress can get.

Reading the commentary it sounds like SCOTUS was not very impressed with the administration's arguments.

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And it sounds like the supreme court is saying he has the right to a total embargo, tariffs are a lesser of the power already granted.

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The statute specifically authorizes one of those things. The admin is arguing that it creates an implication they can create tariffs from an unrelated authority to embargo.