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

[u/INCoctopus]

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

[u/Cheech47]

People will feel it, and people will get angry...at whomever Republicans tell them to get angry at. That's the whole ethos of a cult, you surrender critical thinking skills to the leadership caste.

I've been following politics long enough to discern that this is what Republicans really always were, it was just uncouth and/or politically damaging to "say the racist/weird/hate thing" out loud. Newt Gingrich was that guy. Trent Lott was that guy. Tom DeLay was that guy. Chuck Grassley is that guy. Darrell Issa. Jim DeMint. I can go on.

The thing that really bakes my noodle is that I have no idea how you effectively govern in an environment like this, where half the house (if they are in the minority) just reflexively say no to everything yet cry foul when they're not "included" (see ACA), or when they are in the majority just throw bombs all over everything and leave the inevitable mess for Democrats to clean up later when the economy invariably craters.

This brings me to Democrats. The current incarnation of Democrats is the party of "status quo", which is why they lose so goddamn always. Problem is, Dem leadership is so utterly entrenched they lost the plot a LONG time ago, and are so concerned about peoples's "turns" that they are failing to read the room and hand the reins over to new ideas and fresh perspectives. (see Connolly over AOC for Oversight committee, orchestrated explicitly by Pelosi, and Schumer's failure to basically do anything at all)

[u/Happy-Swan- → u/Cheech47]

We absolutely need new Dem leadership. They failed us spectacularly. The stakes couldn’t have been higher. And what did they do? They hide Biden’s condition until it’s too late for a primary. People felt like they were being forced into choosing Kamala. I like Kamala and I was really hopeful for her campaign, but we all knew she didn’t poll well even before Biden got elected. People needed to be given the choice, and when they weren’t, they sat home on Election Day leading to catastrophic consequences. I recognize that people make mistakes, and nobody could have predicted the future. But true leaders take responsibility for team failures, and a true leader steps down after a failure like that. It’s an understatement to say I’m highly disappointed in the Democrats these days, and I pray they get their act together quick.