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Diogenes

Diogenes

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Please cite the specific sections of the Constitution that President Trump has supposedly violated, please describe what actions constituted such alleged violation(s), and please describe in what manner (precisely) those so-called actions purportedly constituted violation(s).
 
Diogenes said:
Please cite the specific sections of the Constitution that President Trump has supposedly violated, please describe what actions constituted such alleged violation(s), and please describe in what manner (precisely) those so-called actions purportedly constituted violation(s).
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trump did set tariffs, when it is clearly Congress' power to set tariffs.
 
Walt said:
trump did set tariffs, when it is clearly Congress' power to set tariffs.
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Well, thanks.

Article I, Section 8 states: "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises" and "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations."

President Trump's broad 2025 tariffs have been ruled unconstitutional by multiple federal courts for violating separation of powers; usurping Congress's exclusive taxing authority without clear statutory backing.

The president relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977, which allows presidents to regulate imports during "unusual and extraordinary threats"

While the president's first-term tariffs mostly survived, the second-term escalation under IEEPA crossed lines, per judicial consensus.

As of October 24, 2025, the Supreme Court is set to review the Federal Circuits' ruling, with a decision possible by summer 2026.

The Trump administration petitioned for expedited review, but the Court declined to fast-track.

Tariffs remain in effect under a stay, though some (e.g., on electronics) were paused.

The Trump Administration has shifted some to Section 232 (national security), which courts have historically deferred to, potentially insulating parts from challenges.

The Supreme Court's final word could reshape executive trade powers.
 
Walt said:
The Constitution specifically says that Congress has the sole right to set duties(tariffs), so how can the Supreme Court reshape that?
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They also have the right to delegate their authority....which they have done over and over again.

The remedy is for the voters to elect people that will make Congress function again.

Which will not happen.
 
Walt said:
And yet trump cannot specify where they specifically delegated to the president the authority.
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Congress first delegated the power to the president to negotiate trade agreements and adjust tariffs in 1934 with the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. Since then, Congress has passed other laws, such as the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the Trade Act of 1974, which further expanded the president's authority to set tariffs under specific circumstances, such as national security or balance-of-payments deficits.
 
Diogenes said:
Please cite the specific sections of the Constitution that President Trump has supposedly violated, please describe what actions constituted such alleged violation(s), and please describe in what manner (precisely) those so-called actions purportedly constituted violation(s).
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They can't; they don't know what the constitution says.
 
Diogenes said:
Please cite the specific sections of the Constitution that President Trump has supposedly violated, please describe what actions constituted such alleged violation(s), and please describe in what manner (precisely) those so-called actions purportedly constituted violation(s).
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These clowns impeached Trump because Joe Biden was taking bribes in Ukraine. If they had any ability to impeach Trump, they would. Decent people just need to ensure that democrats never again hold power,
 
Walt said:
And yet trump cannot specify where they specifically delegated to the president the authority.
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Still lying, Walt?

{Another provision that requires an investigation is Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974. The act allows the president to impose tariffs if the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) finds that an import surge is threatening a U.S. domestic industry. If the ITC makes an affirmative determination, the president can take action accordingly, including placing tariffs. Tariffs imposed under Section 201 are not meant to be permanent, and the actions have a limit of four to eight years.}
 
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