US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal

Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by synergy20 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:24PM (#44122815)

It's interesting. Nearly all orders from the executive branch are banned by some federal judge/court now(there are about 100 of federal courts, any one will do). While I don't agree with all the orders, the power of a random federal judge who can issue a nationwide ban relatively easily seems a little too much. To the point that the president is pretty much useless.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by foogazi on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:30PM (#44122844)

The president has the US military, DOJ lawyers, and the whole executive branch at their disposal- what chance do I have to defend myself from a piece of paper signed on a whim tonight?

The imbalance is tremendous

How can the people of the US be protected from the executive branch ?

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by charliea0 on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:29PM (#44122843)

If a lawful order is enjoined by a district court, you can appeal to higher judges. If the higher judges agree with the district court, then you can appeal to the Supreme Court.

If the Supreme Court agrees with the district court, then the order probably isn't lawful.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by synergy20 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:29AM (#44125916)

this could take years, which essentially blocks whatever the executive branch wanted, quite effectively at minimal cost.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by tristan957 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @12:18PM (#44127513)

Judges doing bad faith rulings can be removed by Congress. Checks and balances works.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by jonny_eh on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:31PM (#44122852)

> To the point that the president is pretty much useless.

That's only if he does illegal stuff, which he's doing like there's no tomorrow.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by anonymous_panic on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:29PM (#44122839)

They're nearly all banned because they're nearly all illegal. The president is not a king. If Trump followed the law, this wouldn't be happening.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by synergy20 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:32AM (#44125953)

except most of the orders are blocked by the opposite party judges, I would not call it 'illegal' until it went through the supreme court, problem is that it could take years, so the opposite party judges can block pretty much every order at the whim of whatever.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by tristan957 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @12:18PM (#44127516)

Where are the stats for your claim?

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by umanwizard on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:26PM (#44122827)

That is why appeals exist.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by synergy20 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:30AM (#44125926)

which could take years to effectively kill all the orders.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by umanwizard on Thursday May 29, 2025 @10:35AM (#44126534)

That’s why temporary restraining orders and injunctions exist.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by TFYS on Thursday May 29, 2025 @02:25AM (#44123607)

It's risky to give so much power to a single person anyway. The president is "useless" in a lot of countries and it's usually a good thing.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by iamtheworstdev on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:21AM (#44125849)

It wasn't a random federal judge. It was a three judge panel, one of which appointed by Trump and another appointed by Reagan (the third by Obama).

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by synergy20 on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:26AM (#44125898)

got that, but I'm talking about the general condition, not the specific one here.

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Re:US Trade Court Finds Trump Tariffs Illegal by blackjack_ on Thursday May 29, 2025 @10:23AM (#44126431)

Turns out, the “executive” in executive branch, means it is in charge of executing the law. It is the legislative branch that makes laws. So yes, the judicial branch can stop the executive branch from “making law” because that is how the separation of powers works.

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