The Political Orphanage
The Political Orphanage
How the Court Neutered Trump
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How the Court Neutered Trump

And pruned back the imperial presidency

The Supreme Court just struck down Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs, but this case is about far more than slinkies and sombreros. When Congress passes an ambiguous law, does the president get broad discretion, or only the specific powers clearly granted to him? We unpack the Major Questions Doctrine, Justice Roberts’ loaded-gun theory of taxation, Gorsuch’s blistering concurrence calling out judicial inconsistency, and the surprising dissents from Kavanaugh and Thomas. This is an episode about tariffs — but it’s really about who holds the power to tax, and whether the Constitution still means what it says.

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