Trump found to have overstepped authority with tariff policies as president accuses court of political bias

Donald Trump overstepped his presidential powers with most of his globe-rattling tariff policies, a federal appeals court in Washington DC ruled on Friday.

US law “bestows significant authority on the president to undertake a number of actions in response to a declared national emergency, but none of these actions explicitly include the power to impose tariffs, duties, or the like, or the power to tax”, the court said in the 7-4 ruling.

Many of Trump’s steep tariffs are “are unbounded in scope, amount and duration”, the ruling added, and “assert an expansive authority that is beyond the express limitations” of the law his administration has leant on.

  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    America would forever solve its energy needs if only we could harness the collective power of all the magats plugging their ears, looking the other way and going “NANANANANA”