Great job, explaining the arguments at the Court, and getting 3 very good interviews. Keep up the excellent work.
On another subject..l would like to know if these crazy ICE agents, running amuck in our nation cities are getting paid? As a former BLS employee l have lived through a shut down so understand the situation. FAA TSA are not getting paid..but are still going to work just like the folks at BLS who give us the CPI. These branches are essential and doing. A job with out a pay check. So how are these ICE agents Who are working, pulling people out of cars, restaurants, offices doing a job with out a paycheck ? Seems to me they should have been the First ones furloughed.
This was an amazing article Gabe! It would be hard to agree with you more. You hit the nails on all the heads. And to be actually in the Court's hallowed halls with this huge decision that will be decided upon, it must be like magic! The whole of the emergency tariffs position has been perplexing. I have been feeling like I have been taking crazy pills and no one in the media has been talking about it. Democrats wanting a smaller government and fewer taxes. Republicans wanting to expand executive privileges. What are people smoking? This is flip/flop is not what I grew up with. And it sounds like the USSC is poised to just maybe hurt Trump's feelings finally. Just a widdle bit? awwww. Thanks again!
Great stuff, Gabe. The tariffs seem to be doomed going forward, but I can't for the life of me picture what a backward-looking remedy looks like in this case.
-Does the Trump administration have to reimburse these businesses for the unlawful tariffs they paid?
-What about all the other tariff-affected companies in the country—are they entitled to reimbursement too?
-Does the Trump administration have to disgorge itself of these ill-gotten tariff revenues? (Good luck with that.) What if the administration has already spent or allocated these tariff revenues for another purpose—say, to bail out the farmers who were trounced by these tariffs? Is that money forever lost in the shuffle?
-What about consumers? The costs of these tariffs were passed on to consumers in the form of higher-priced goods. We got screwed too, right? It seems weird that the companies would be entitled to tariff reimbursements but consumers wouldn’t.
-And what would any of this even look like in practice? Some companies and consumers were massively affected by these tariffs, while others felt little impact. Do some companies and consumers get more, and how do we determine who is owed what?
What a mess. I guess that’s why the President shouldn’t be arbitrarily and capriciously exercising powers that aren’t his.
I note that Biden's overreach was to curb carbon emissions and relieve onerous student loans. Both of these issues are still with us. What is the point of Trump's crazy tariffs for every nation, then rescind, then reinstate higher, rescind again...ad infinitum?
Quote from Gabe's post today: "Lee — like most other Republicans in Congress — has largely kept his historic opposition to tariffs and to presidential power grabs to himself for the last ten months."
While the flip flopping of republican and democratic positions is intriguing, I believe that a crazed president can only be curbed by the Congressional members of his own party...and I'm less concerned about "taxes" and tariffs than I am about politicizing the military to fight the "enemy from within" (not to mention the masked ICEmen). These Congressional members better step up!
" “Could the President impose a 50 percent tariff on gas-powered cars and auto parts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat from abroad of climate change?” Gorsuch added." Note that the previous administration's presidential overreach didn't use the "threat from abroad" guise in its attempt to do something about global warming...but Gorsuch's question deserves some policy attention :-)
Once again - well written and educational Gabe! Totally agree with the flip flopping of parties on the presidential powers debate. It will be an interesting and far reaching decision.
My Grandest Kudos Gabe…
I once again learned something new from you🤗
Great job, explaining the arguments at the Court, and getting 3 very good interviews. Keep up the excellent work.
On another subject..l would like to know if these crazy ICE agents, running amuck in our nation cities are getting paid? As a former BLS employee l have lived through a shut down so understand the situation. FAA TSA are not getting paid..but are still going to work just like the folks at BLS who give us the CPI. These branches are essential and doing. A job with out a pay check. So how are these ICE agents Who are working, pulling people out of cars, restaurants, offices doing a job with out a paycheck ? Seems to me they should have been the First ones furloughed.
This was an amazing article Gabe! It would be hard to agree with you more. You hit the nails on all the heads. And to be actually in the Court's hallowed halls with this huge decision that will be decided upon, it must be like magic! The whole of the emergency tariffs position has been perplexing. I have been feeling like I have been taking crazy pills and no one in the media has been talking about it. Democrats wanting a smaller government and fewer taxes. Republicans wanting to expand executive privileges. What are people smoking? This is flip/flop is not what I grew up with. And it sounds like the USSC is poised to just maybe hurt Trump's feelings finally. Just a widdle bit? awwww. Thanks again!
Great stuff, Gabe. The tariffs seem to be doomed going forward, but I can't for the life of me picture what a backward-looking remedy looks like in this case.
-Does the Trump administration have to reimburse these businesses for the unlawful tariffs they paid?
-What about all the other tariff-affected companies in the country—are they entitled to reimbursement too?
-Does the Trump administration have to disgorge itself of these ill-gotten tariff revenues? (Good luck with that.) What if the administration has already spent or allocated these tariff revenues for another purpose—say, to bail out the farmers who were trounced by these tariffs? Is that money forever lost in the shuffle?
-What about consumers? The costs of these tariffs were passed on to consumers in the form of higher-priced goods. We got screwed too, right? It seems weird that the companies would be entitled to tariff reimbursements but consumers wouldn’t.
-And what would any of this even look like in practice? Some companies and consumers were massively affected by these tariffs, while others felt little impact. Do some companies and consumers get more, and how do we determine who is owed what?
What a mess. I guess that’s why the President shouldn’t be arbitrarily and capriciously exercising powers that aren’t his.
Excellent commentary. As a Classic Liberal who voted for Trump, I hope to Court holds firm and strikes down the tariffs.
I note that Biden's overreach was to curb carbon emissions and relieve onerous student loans. Both of these issues are still with us. What is the point of Trump's crazy tariffs for every nation, then rescind, then reinstate higher, rescind again...ad infinitum?
Quote from Gabe's post today: "Lee — like most other Republicans in Congress — has largely kept his historic opposition to tariffs and to presidential power grabs to himself for the last ten months."
While the flip flopping of republican and democratic positions is intriguing, I believe that a crazed president can only be curbed by the Congressional members of his own party...and I'm less concerned about "taxes" and tariffs than I am about politicizing the military to fight the "enemy from within" (not to mention the masked ICEmen). These Congressional members better step up!
" “Could the President impose a 50 percent tariff on gas-powered cars and auto parts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat from abroad of climate change?” Gorsuch added." Note that the previous administration's presidential overreach didn't use the "threat from abroad" guise in its attempt to do something about global warming...but Gorsuch's question deserves some policy attention :-)
Once again - well written and educational Gabe! Totally agree with the flip flopping of parties on the presidential powers debate. It will be an interesting and far reaching decision.
Thanks for the clear and comprehensive analysis, Gabe. It gives me hope that the Supremes will do the right thing.