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This would be hard to do given sovereign immunity. I highly doubt you'd get them to waive their immunity for an "official act" done by the President. The FTCA d
by hypeatei 1y ago
This would be hard to do given sovereign immunity. I highly doubt you'd get them to waive their immunity for an "official act" done by the President. The FTCA does allow for some exceptions but it's pretty narrow.
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44127151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44127151
- gamblor956 1y agoTLDR the other comment's citations: The USG has already waived sovereign immunity with respect to improper customs duties, by statute. This actually happens quite a bit, so there are well-established procedures for this. It's just never happened on this scale before.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoTrump faces returning $100bn in tariffs after court ruling - https://www.thetimes.com/article/a09594e1-46f2-413a-8cba-5077237d8ab3 https://www.thetimes.com/article/a09594e1-46f2-413a-8cba-507... - September 1st, 2025 > Researchers at the Capital Economics consultancy said that if the Supreme Court agreed that Trump had abused his presidential powers the “Treasury would still need to return most of the now close to $100 billion in additional customs duties collected”. They added that countries and trading blocs, such as Britain and the European Union, could also “backtrack on any preliminary [trade] agreements”.