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It’s not the end of this saga. Prior administrations, Republican and Democrat, have enacted tariffs without additional congressional approval.
by firesteelrain 1y ago
It’s not the end of this saga. Prior administrations, Republican and Democrat, have enacted tariffs without additional congressional approval.
- duxup 1y agoCongress granted some options to the executive branch to do so. The justification given by this administration to act independently is legally absurd.
- davorak 1y agoMy understanding is that in 2024 that some power of congress to delegate to power to the executive was limited in "Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo" over turning(partial I assume, I am not well versed in this) the opinion called "Chevron deference" from "Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council". So the Supreme Court at least puts limits on what/how congressional powers can be delegated.
- pwarner 1y agoThere are other avenues, but I think those last tariffs were targeted. Another scenario where executive branch appears to have power, delegated from Congress, to enact tariffs https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/usad.htm https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/usad.htm
- pwarner 1y agoAlso as someone else noted https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/office-of-technology-evaluation-ote/section-232-investigations https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/office-of-tech...
- lenerdenator 1y agoTrue, though none have done it this aggressively and this aimlessly. The Trumpist era can be defined by someone pushing the limits of power to see just how far they can go. It can also be defined by the importance of the bottom line. In this case the former threatens the latter, so there are forces gathering to actually push back.
- myko 1y ago> True, though none have done it this aggressively and this aimlessly. or illegally!
- insane_dreamer 1y agoNot across the board, and not explicitly based on trade imbalance.