LEMON DROP | SCOTUS Destroys Donald Trump!
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What did the Supreme Court rule about Donald Trump's tariffs?
The Supreme Court not long ago has ruled against, made a major ruling against Donald Trump's tariffs. And this is the first real, I believe, rebuke of him from the Supreme Court. Do you agree with that?
I mean, we've had a few minor times that they've rebuked him on immigration, but I think this is by far the most significant. And so the Supreme Court's basically doing the job that Congress refused to do in stopping these illegal tariffs. So really, it's just a bailout for House Republicans who refuse to do anything.
What do you mean it's a bailout for House Republicans? Because some of them are saying this has to be overturned so that we can get along. There was a response from someone saying so we can get on with the American people's business and all that stuff. Do you know the score?
Yeah, I mean, look, they have refused to actually legislate and hold the Trump administration accountable on any issue, but certainly this one.
Pardon me.
They're trying to have their cake and eat it, too. They want to appear as though they're in their... supporting the tariffs while not actually do anything legislatively about it so they can keep enough distance. If they wanted to stop the tariffs, they have the right and ability to do that right now. They just overturned in the House some of the tariffs on Canada, so they could do this with all of them if they wanted to, or they could pass all these tariffs. I mean, Bernie Moreno, who's the senator from Ohio earlier today, is saying that he wants an up and down vote in the Senate on bringing back all of Trump's tariffs. So, you know, this is, to me, it's a bailout for the House and Senate Republicans.
Wait, a vote in the Senate to bring back all of Trump's tariffs. But what if the Supreme Court has said no?
Well, the Supreme Court is saying he can't do it unilaterally. He's like the argument that Roberts is making, at least in terms of what I read, is the Congress has to levy new taxes so they can't use the emergency laws because there's no emergency here to create the tariffs.
Yeah, but also, isn't there a whole thing about taxation without representation that is part of this legal ruling?
Yes, that's a huge part of it.
Why do hosts call the ruling a constitutional rebuke to unilateral presidential power?
You need your elected representatives to make determinations about your taxes, and that hasn't happened here. But again, Congress has refused to act on this. They could have terminated these tariffs at any time themselves.
And they did. What do you think? I don't think this is going to stop him from doing anything. He's just going to continue to do it. Like, so I don't know. I'm not an attorney. Are you an attorney?
No, I'm not an attorney. Despite what my mother wanted, I went into politics instead.
So I'm just wondering what this means because, you know, he has defied federal judges. He's defied judges as it relates to ICE and due process and all of that. And even before on these tariffs.
Yeah.
So I don't know if this is going to stop him at all.
They claim they have backups in order to be able to do this. It sounds like that's maybe what he's going to announce at this press conference because they knew this was going to happen. I don't know that they'll listen to the Supreme Court here, and then it'll be up to Congress to sort of rebuke him again, which Republicans are not going to do. But I don't know. I think the bigger question that I'm more interested in is what happens with the tariff refunds? Where does that money go? Because to me, every American deserves a refund for all the taxes they've been paying for the last year.
Yeah, but I don't think that they have refunds. I don't think they have the money. That's going to be the thing. Where is that money gone? Because I was speaking, I did speak to an attorney this morning, and the attorney said, hey, guess what? That money is gone or it's not coming back.
Right. And I mean, listen, the federal government never likes to give people their money back, period, but certainly not under this president. He just took, by the way, he just took $10 billion and gave it to the president.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What did the Supreme Court rule about Donald Trump's tariffs?
0:13–2:06
2
Why do hosts call the ruling a constitutional rebuke to unilateral presidential power?
2:06–4:08
3
How could Congress respond to the Supreme Court decision on tariffs?
4:08–10:44
4
Will Americans get refunds for tariffs and where would the money come from?
10:44–20:09
5
Can the Supreme Court decision be appealed or overturned and how?
20:09–23:17
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