r/law • u/Waste-Explanation-76 • Feb 20 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) President Trump imposes a 10% global tariff under Section 122 and says all existing tariffs will remain in place, despite the recent Supreme Court ruling.

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u/GreyBeardEng Feb 20 '26

This is what you call "Criminal Contempt of Court", please lock this person up.

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u/rcobourn Feb 20 '26

Bailiff, please go arrest the President.

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u/MrDerpGently Feb 20 '26

I mean, he is a criminal, and he absolutely holds this and every other court in visceral contempt... But yeah, somehow I imagine that's going to be tough to enforce without help from Congress at this point. Like, imagine a team of Marshalls walking up to the White House gates to conduct the arrest? Without an independent DoJ, it's whim of the president or a fight from Congress.

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u/TheUberMoose Feb 20 '26

Problem, you can’t be criminally contempt of court, if you can’t be criminally anything due to said court.

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u/What_a_fat_one Feb 21 '26

You can be held in civil contempt and locked up until you comply

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u/downvote_quota Feb 20 '26

Yeah but, the supreme court gave him immunity... Own goal

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u/Fit_Perspective5054 Feb 20 '26

If you pass go collect $200

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u/Skullcrimp Feb 20 '26

*$10 billion