TARIFF’S AND SCOTUS JUDGMENT 2/20/26
Trumps emergency tariffs are illegal.
Trump undermines SCOTUS, to buy more time with his illegal executive order, determined by the highest court! Trump is wasting time and playing on emotion, punishing humanity! With Trump’s new executive “tariff order”, President Trump can buy time (less than 6 months). Congress must act! Trump is punishing the highest court in a “divided house.” Trump has no regard for a legal opinion/judgment, unless it puts Trump first, excluding his track record (pun intended).
Will the 119th Congress start taking “presidential powers” into greater consideration and limiting a president’s powers? The 119th US Congress is failing to act for all people, the whole republic, and not just the wealthy. Can you imagine how the world is expecting to get paid back (less the calamity, declared by Justice Kavanaugh)? President Trump is foolishly wasting time will only bring out more unnecessary issues without global or constitutional unity towards any civilian agreement, which includes a tangible dialogue. What about the other side of the tariff war; countries that imposed tariff’s in retaliation? It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out. The bottom line is, diplomatic acts that were created over the years, they must not be punished by President Trump’s selfish ideology that has and will continue to fail! Question is: Will Trump have to payback the tariff money, for illegally manipulating the IEEPA law that SCOTUS shot down? How long will that be tied up in litigation?
Trump’s temporary 150 days, tariffs (globally at 15%) and Congressional involvement: Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. § 2132) grants the U.S. President temporary authority to address "large and serious" balance-of-payments deficits or currency devaluation by imposing import surcharges of up to 15% or quantitative restrictions (quotas) for up to 150 days. These measures can apply globally or selectively.
Key Aspects of Section 122:
Purpose: Designed to protect the U.S. economy during fundamental international payments problems, such as a shortage of foreign reserves to pay debts.
Duration and Limitations: Actions are limited to 150 days unless an extension is approved by Congress.
Flexibility: Unlike other trade laws, it does not require lengthy investigations or specific findings by agencies.
2026 Invocation: In February 2026, President Trump invoked Section 122 to impose a 10% temporary import duty to address trade imbalances.
Legal Context: Historically, the provision had not been used, leaving its application to current trade deficits rather than strict balance-of-payments crises legally untested.
This provision is a cornerstone of the Trade Act of 1974, designed to provide quick, temporary, and broad authority to handle economic emergencies.
Trump is playing with time while the time bomb ticks, waiting for SCOTUS to detonate incoming dangers, created by misconstrued, misleading words!
Understatement: Time is of the essence and the debt clock is spinning even faster. Now that SCOTUS has reprimanded a sitting president, Trump will cut off his nose to spite his face!
By Trump running his mouth, the damage is done and now we wait: The tariff strategy is backfiring and small businesses are the collateral damage 5/13/25
Hear what former President Ronald Reagan has said about tariffs: Ronald Reagan on Tariffs - YouTube
Hear the full context from President Ronald Reagan on Tariffs.
President Trump denies that Ronald Reagan was against tariffs. 10/24/25