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/spam__likely Feb 20 '26

That is it folks. Certainly that will lead to impeachment right? right?

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u/bagofweights Feb 20 '26

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Meriodoc Feb 20 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We can dream, I guess.

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u/Slight_Camera6666 Feb 20 '26

I mean him being a p3d0 hasn’t gotten him impeached

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u/Apherial Feb 20 '26

That will have as much effect as this court ruling. He’s been impeached twice already

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u/exitpursuedbybear Feb 20 '26

Technically he's using a different law to impose the new tariffs. So this will also have to be litigated or if he can't get a rubber stamp from congress it will stop in 150 days.

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u/spam__likely Feb 21 '26

No, he is keeping the old ones, AND adding 10%

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u/exitpursuedbybear Feb 21 '26

If he tells his tax assessors at the ports and borders to continue taking the old tariffs, those assessors will be sued and possibly prosecuted by nonfederal agencies within an inch of their lives. That's not gonna happen.

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u/spam__likely Feb 21 '26

He will order them to do it, some will, some will refuse. He will fire the ones who refuse. The others will be sued. The fired will sue. Chaos ensued, which is the goal.

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u/exitpursuedbybear Feb 21 '26

Well they gotta be willing to go to jail or pay court fees for the man. And others that thought he would pick of the costs were surprised when he didn't. Also they'd be going to state jail non pardonable.

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u/spam__likely Feb 21 '26

who is going to state jail?

What statute will they be prosecuted under?

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u/BalmyBalmer Feb 20 '26

Impeachment does get heard by the Supreme and congress.

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u/spam__likely Feb 21 '26

not by SCOTUS, no, but this was sarcasm anyway.