I am writing this article Friday morning. The Supreme Court has just struck down President Trump’s tariffs. I have been told by an extremely good lawyer that this is not the end of the tariffs–it is only the beginning of enacting them through different laws that give the President the authority to enact them,

On Saturday, The Post Millennial posted an article about the Supreme Court decision.

The article reports:

President Donald Trump on Friday said that he will still be imposing tariffs following a ruling from the Supreme Court that blocked his tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), announcing that an additional 10 percent global tariff will be imposed under the Trade Act of 1974. 

“So we can use other of the statutes, other of the tariff authorities, which have also been confirmed and are fully allowed,” Trump said. “Therefore, effective immediately, all national security tariffs under Section 232, and existing Section 301, tariffs … remain in place, fully in place, and in full force and effect.”

“Today, I will sign an order to impose a 10 percent global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged,” Trump added in reference to the Trade Act of 1974. The comments come after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the president does not have the power to impose tariffs on countries using the IEEPA.

The article notes:

The three justices who dissented included Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Brett Kavanaugh, with the latter penning the opposing opinion. The court’s majority decision, penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, said, “The Government reads IEEPA to give the President power to unilaterally impose unbounded tariffs and change them at will. That view would represent a transformative expansion of the President’s authority over tariff policy. It is also telling that in IEEPA’s half century of existence, no President has invoked the statute to impose any tariffs, let alone tariffs of this magnitude and scope.”

The Supreme Court has just created a mess. There will be umpteen lawsuits brought by the people who paid the tariffs wanting their money back. America needs the tariffs to begin to balance the budget. Congress is totally unable to agree on anything and is not capable of passing tariffs. This is an unnecessary wrench thrown into the America economy by a Supreme Court Chief Justice who declared Obamacare a tax in order to let it go through. I truly wonder about that man’s motives.