It’s disappointing but not surprising that the SC left the administration to illegally bilk US taxpayers for billions upon billions of dollars for something that was facially unconstitutional.

They should’ve allowed an emergency injunction from the outset.

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coldpie 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> They should’ve allowed an emergency injunction from the outset.

That wouldn't have given the opportunity for SCOTUS's financial backers to build up their profits first https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47089443

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k1ko 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You think corporations and the elite .01% support tariffs? It obviously was very unpopular with that class of society. The policy was aimed to help the working class of the country. You can argue that it was a piss poor way of doing so, but it's certainly not something that the elite class advocated for and getting rich off of.,

	▲	triceratops 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> The policy was aimed to help the working class of the country If you really think this, you're a rube.

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Ajedi32 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They didn't rule it unconstitutional - it's not. They ruled that the specific statute Trump was using that allows him to "regulate imports" doesn't include regulating imports with tariffs.

	▲	mullingitover 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> They ruled that the specific statute Trump was using that allows him to "regulate imports" doesn't include regulating imports with tariffs. Right, and thus because the Constitution gives congress the authority to levy tariffs, and the administration was usurping that authority, they violated the Constitution.

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elAhmo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Given the current members of SC, as you said, disappointing but not surprising. Who knew that confirming Kavanaugh and people with similar moral compass would have such grave consequences.