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The President isn’t a king, but he is CEO of the executive branch, and Congress gave the President power over tariffs. I know it’s hard for people who believe
by rayiner 1y ago
The President isn’t a king, but he is CEO of the executive branch, and Congress gave the President power over tariffs.
I know it’s hard for people who believe “experts” are a branch of government but they’re not.
- jdminhbg 1y ago> Congress gave the President power over tariffs a) It didn't. b) It's not the case constitutionally that Congress can give away its powers unilaterally. Chevron deference is dead, for example.
- rayiner 1y agoWhy isn’t tariffs within the “emanations from penumbras” of the president’s foreign policy powers?
- dctoedt 1y ago> Why isn’t [sic] tariffs within the “emanations from penumbras” of the president’s foreign policy powers? Says the consistent mocker of Justice Douglas's use of the quoted phrase to support privacy rights. It seems you'd like to have your cake and eat it too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penumbra_(law) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penumbra_(law)
- cassepipe 1y agoI recognized you, Curtis Yarvin
- rayiner 1y agoThe guy who can guess your specific european ancestry by looking at your face?
- hypeatei 1y agoThese tariff powers are given for emergency use only under the IEEPA, so you're being disingenuous IMO. I don't think most reasonable people would see what's going on with Trump cooking up a "national emergency" over trade deficits and think it's a legitimate emergency.