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[-] [email protected] 95 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Every headline like this should make clear that him imposing tariffs by fiat is illegal and unconstitutional.

I hate the fact that the media just reports that he's doing it without ever citing Article 1, Section 8:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

Every one of these tariff manipulations has been 100% illegal, because the supposed emergencies he's using to excuse them are nonexistent.

[-] [email protected] 62 points 3 weeks ago

Congress has surrendered its powers to Trump. Democrats in congress are sleeping on the job.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

it didn’t surrender anything, americans elected turnip in a majority of all houses

the Republican Party now has a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

that’s damn near as much as saying go ahead do whatever you want as possible

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

it didn’t surrender anything

It absolutely has. The he executive has literally no authority to impose tariffs - that's Congress' job. The executive has no authority to not spend money that Congress has appropriated - yet he is

These are easily blockable by Congress and should be in articles of impeachment.

Additionally Congress gave the president the ability to gain "temporary powers" during an "emergency" - and guess who gets to declare what constitutes an emergency? The president. And SCOTUS has blocked Congress from even being able to take it away without the president having a veto.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

you elected turnip

Canadians don't even vote for the Prime Minister of Canada. How would they have voted for the president of the US?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Says Americans did it for me, regardless democrats can't do anything meaningful without the majority in a situation where Republicans are completely against any cooperation

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