r/law • u/INCoctopus Competent Contributor • 1d ago

Court Decision/Filing ‘This unlawful impost must fall’: Conservative group sues Trump claiming tariffs are ‘unconstitutional exercise of legislative power’

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-unlawful-impost-must-fall-conservative-group-sues-trump-claiming-tariffs-are-unconstitutional-exercise-of-legislative-power/
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u/wallstreet-butts 1d ago

It would be hilarious if crashing the economy, and not all the actual criming, is what did it

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u/tresben 1d ago

It would be amazing if the only thing that saves us from a complete fascist and authoritarian takeover of the US is the stupidest own goal in history with these tariffs. Like there was no need, he could’ve slapped a couple small tariffs, continued to ride the good economy, and claimed it was all thanks to his tariffs, allowing him to continue his inhumane civil rights violations and takeover of government. The fact that this unnecessary move that will likely crash the economy is the thing that might prevent them from achieving their goals is incredibly ironic. But also consistent with trump and his stupidity throughout the years. He can’t get out of his own damn way

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u/tenth 1d ago

Because he WANTS to crash the economy 

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u/NiceRat123 1d ago

Agreed....

I can see TWO valid reasons

  1. We get a depression and people get pissed off and revolt. He can enact the Insurrection Act and declare martial law

  2. People lose their jobs and have to take any job for pennies on the dollar because the rich have sucked up all the stocks and wealth

Right now crashing the economy is starting to hit the rich in the pocketbook so they aren't too happy

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u/admiralhipper 1d ago

Same fucking thing happened in Russia and we saw how spineless the billionaires there were. Same thing will happen here: nothing.

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u/rhabarberabar 1d ago

Exactly. Also anoter thing that won't happen: Americans rebelling. They can't even get more than a few hundred people into the streets in NYC metro area.

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u/admiralhipper 1d ago

The only place that MATTERS, for now, is DC. Still, it won't happen. Too fat, too comfortable, too lazy, too apathetic, too afraid.

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u/rhabarberabar 1d ago

Well getting the stadiums full of fat people is no-problemo though.

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u/Clear-Hand3945 1d ago

In a real revolution where everyone has already lost their money Trump ends up losing. Declaring martial law means nothing when 100 million + people are coming for you.

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u/Musiclover4200 1d ago

Even 1% of the population revolting would be 2-3x as many people as active US military.

Not to mention declaring martial law and mobilizing the military on civilians would 100% cause many soldiers to defect or self sabotage from the inside.

There's 0 chance it ends well for anyone but it would still cause immeasurable damage.

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u/RoboOverlord 1d ago

Even under martial law the military can't be deployed against civilians on US soil without a specific act of congress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

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u/sqquuee 1d ago

Well the moderately rich.
Let's be honest when buffet thinks your bad for business that says it all.

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u/TheVenetianMask 1d ago

3 - They are too dumb to run businesses and make money normally, so they smash things like they are lootboxes and grab whatever falls out. It's not efficient, but it's fast.