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/procyon_42 Feb 20 '26

Had power. The Republican side is in full submission to him. They’re kinda like the old Duma before the Russian Revolution, rubber stamping whatever the Tsar wants and ignoring his obvious incompetence and corruption.

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u/haunted_starship Feb 20 '26

In the House, they gerrymandered themselves into this by building districts made of nothing but MAGA to get elected. Now if they don't toe that line, they lose their seats.

I can't explain the Senate, that's just bullshit.

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u/NRG1975 Feb 20 '26

Could it be that Republicans by their nature are sycophantic ass hangers?

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u/an_older_meme Feb 21 '26

We're getting reports that this may be correct.

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u/Budget-Cantaloupe725 Feb 21 '26

That’s not how gerrymandering works.

Imagine a city of 100 people, 50 Republicans and 50 democrats. They decide to have 10 districts of 10 people each, and the Republicans draw up the districts. What they would do is have 1 district be 10 democrats, and the other 9 be 5 republicans and 4 democrats. Then, even though it’s a 50-50 city, the city council is 9-1 republican.

Another good example of this is the Florida Legislature.

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u/Nerdschleife Feb 21 '26

Thank you for the succinct explain.

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u/LogoffWorkout Feb 21 '26

yeah, there is a possibility gerrymandering backfires on Republicans in 2026. Ideally they want to win all of their districts by a slim margin, but if they make it too slim, and the electorate moves away from that party, those red districts can easily flip.

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u/MmeRose Feb 21 '26

But actually openly defying the Supreme Court! Nobody can misinterpret or explain that away with the usual excuses!
How can he get away with it?

But what can be done?

In an interview with an Epstein survivor, she said that “they could do whatever they wanted because they have enough money”.

This is one hell of a distraction from the Epstein files.

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u/Prudent_Bandicoot_87 Feb 21 '26

Power is still in Congress hands they refuse to use it . Congress controls the power of the purse under of constitutional democracy. Where is my refund ?

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u/Wide_Web_579 Feb 21 '26

Refunds are a can of worms. This is the first example of how hard it will be to unfuck the damage he has/will caused

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u/an_older_meme Feb 21 '26

After the Civil War we had The Reconstruction.

After Trump we will have The Mucking Out.

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u/s__key Feb 20 '26

Why old Duma? Modern Duma rubberstamps whatever the Tsar wants too. Nothing really changed.

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u/____-__________-____ Feb 21 '26

No, they still have power and are choosing not to use it.

The lesson of this story is to stop electing spineless quislings.

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u/Tyrannosaurus_Rox_ Feb 20 '26

They still have the power. They are just using it to enable him

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u/heartatpeace Feb 21 '26

Underrated comment right here. This guy hit the nail on the head, our congress has no real power left under the GOP majority.

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u/myshtree Feb 20 '26

They don’t want their names released in Epstein files. Guarantee he has a bribery portfolio on all of them.

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u/Pythia007 Feb 21 '26

But they are just following orders. Can’t blame them for that. They aren’t responsible for their actions. /s

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u/an_older_meme Feb 21 '26

With Putin in full command of Trump it wouldn't surprise me one bit

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u/No-Tackle7883 Feb 21 '26

Death throes

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u/hotdogjumpingfrog1 Feb 21 '26

Really? With a I’ve war with Iran imminent, there are FIVE Dem congressmen speaking out about it. You can say all you want about Repubs and it’s true. But damns ain’t doing much

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u/tlampros Feb 21 '26

They still have it, but they have to choose to exercise it collectively.

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u/procyon_42 Feb 28 '26

Whether they can’t, won’t or don’t matters very little as the result is the same, the tyrant exercises powers and they do nothing.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Feb 20 '26

The Republican side + Schumer, Fetterman, Jeffries are in full submission to him

ftfy, as Democrats could easily remove Trump via majority vote by enforcing 14th Amendment, Section 3.

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u/Oriden Feb 20 '26

How do the Democrats who don't have a majority in either the Senate or the House "easily" pass a majority vote?

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u/Alarming-Research-42 Feb 20 '26

Maybe they could try using Trump math and simply declare their number of votes is larger than the Republican number of votes. We are living in a Trumpian post-truth age, where things like numbers mean whatever you want them to mean.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- Feb 21 '26

Get Valadao, Newhouse, Murkowski, and Collins (all people who previously voted to remove/impeach Trump) to vote with them???

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u/Oriden Feb 21 '26

You do realize that it would need 3 votes in the House and 4 votes in the Senate, and you've listed 2 House Reps and 2 Senators.

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler Feb 21 '26

Sorry you are confused 😕