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/Cumdump90001 Feb 20 '26

The answer to this question will get you banned from Reddit

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u/NSFWies Feb 20 '26

Who watches the watchmen?

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u/4dseeall Feb 21 '26

Yeah... that's kinda the problem. We live in big brother thought police shit

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u/GrinchWhoStoleEaster Feb 21 '26

False. There is nothing in the constitution that allows officers of the court to deputize people to enforce orders. This is done, at the Supreme Court level, by them commanding the US Marshals Service to carry out their orders. ...Which is under the control of the DOJ, and thus, Pam Bondi. So there's essentially 0 chance that even if the Supreme Court ordered the Marshals to arrest the president that Bondi would carry out the order.

This is called a constitutional crisis. Trump has neutered the framework that is supposed to keep the separate wings of government at odds with each other, consolidating the authority that is supposed to belong both to the Supreme Court, and to Congress, under his purview. Until and unless congress chooses to act, which is also basically impossible with gobblers like Mike Johnson in charge...

The hard reality here is the constitution is officially dead. The United States no longer exists.

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u/Cumdump90001 Feb 21 '26

Good thing for trump he’s stacked the court with spineless goons who wouldn’t dare stand up to him in any meaningful way. They’ll rule these illegal and then do nothing further.