Conservative group claims Trump's tariffs illegally usurp powers of Congress

[u/Mason_Miami]

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

[u/GaimeGuy]

I really don't see how any common sense interpretation of these tariffs can conclude they are in response to an emergency. The government has been quite clear that it is simply imposing them because it wants to, shifting from talks of cartels, to fentanyl, to "ripping us off blah blah blah" to "Nothing can be done to change my mind." on a day to day basis.

There's no policy objective, so what's the emergency? And emergency tariffs are the only ones that are supposed to be permitted, like when a nation tries to undercut a market on seasonal goods to critically wound its domestic supply - this is generally the purview of ministries in parliamentary bodies, so it makes sense to vest the authority in the executive branch to respond in kind, in those instances

[u/Tweedlol → u/GaimeGuy]

It’s really amusing in a not funny way how they blame the fentanyl on other countries, like hi, yes it’s coming from somewhere but … it really doesn’t work when you just point the finger everywhere but yourself.

You know what WOULD help fentanyl crisis? Rehabilitation programs instead of criminal records. But that would support those minorities who are far more likely to be arrested for the crime. So nope. Let’s blame Canada!

[u/WhoIsFrancisPuziene → u/Tweedlol]

Exactly. No party in the US is meaningfully addressing substance abuse or more broadly, diseases of despair. There was some success reducing overdoses in my state (Ohio) the past couple years, but I highly doubt the success will be maintained under Trump. All of this still doesn’t address the root of the issue(s) regardless though.