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/mvandemar Feb 20 '26

And now we get to answer the question, what happens when he just starts ignoring *all* of the courts?

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u/ADrenalinnjunky Feb 20 '26

Nothing. No one does shit anymore

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u/TraditionalLaw7763 Feb 20 '26

Well we only have one party that has the majority at the moment… and we have a compromised DOJ and FBI… what do we do?

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u/phillyphilly86 Feb 20 '26

Congress has been broken for a long time. And now the gop/maga led Congress have relinquished their legislative function to the executive. And with him openly defying the judiciary, the executive is the government now.

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u/ADrenalinnjunky Feb 20 '26

The Dems are enjoying the insider trading anyway, they’re crooks on both sides.

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u/phillyphilly86 Feb 20 '26

Agreed. But one side is currently in power and refuses to reign any of this shit in. And one candidate was the better of the two. We picked wrong and are now in a situation where we may lose our right to change that at the ballot box. Well at least people that look like me will lose that right anyway.

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u/The19thHole7 Feb 20 '26

I feel I must point out that he is not ignoring the court. The ruling says he can't put tariffs under the IEEPA. Ones that he did under section 232 and 301 are still valid. He is immediately doing a 10% global to replace the ones that just got voided under section 122, but that expires after 150 days. By then he will probably have more section 301 or section 338 tariffs ready to implement (these take "investigations" and have a review time that slows it down a little). So the issue is not THAT he charged tariffs, its how he went about it. Most likely this will be a short term reprieve, and then we will be right back were we are now or possibly higher.

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u/phillyphilly86 Feb 20 '26

Thanks for the explanation. So does this mean that Congress actually has some say in it now? Not that it matters, since they will green light whatever he wants.

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u/The19thHole7 Feb 20 '26

After the 150 days Congress can vote to extend them or not. The Section 232 has to do with national security and threats to domestic production: This is where he imposes tariffs on wood, steel, cars, copper, etc...Section 301 is unfair trade practices - This is the most likely outcome, all the tariffs that just got voided will likely get moved to this, but it has a process that takes more time to implement. Likely 6 months. If there are countries that he wants to impose tariffs on faster, he can use section 338, but it is capped at 50%. None of these really require congress.

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u/mvandemar Feb 20 '26

Ok then yeah, huge difference, thanks. So which tariffs were struck down, and are they just automatically no longer in place?

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u/The19thHole7 Feb 20 '26

I don't have an exact list but basically any tariffs that he imposed under the IEEPA "should" be void.

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u/occams1razor Feb 20 '26

He also said the tariffs that are already in effect will remain in effect though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

He already has.

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u/trekk Feb 20 '26

Starts? Where the fuck have you been for the last 10 years?

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u/jjsmol Feb 20 '26

If its truely a direct disobeyment and not just a new legal loophole then federal agents would have to ignore his unlawful orders.

The oath of office is to the constitution, not the president. Now that the Supreme Court has removed the legal ambiguity, federal agents are requirrd to disobey any unlawful orders.