BREAKING NEWS:



By John Fritze
20 February 2026

CNN



The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president’s foreign policy and economic agenda.

The decision is arguably the most important loss the second Trump administration has sustained at the conservative Supreme Court, which last year repeatedly sided with the president in a series of emergency rulings on immigration, the firing of the leaders of independent agencies and deep cuts to government spending.

The ruling was 6 for the majority a 3 for the dissent.

MAJORITY:

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Elena Kagan
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch
Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

DISSENT:

Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

FULL STORY: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs

A Proud Gay Aussie wrote on Feb 21^st, 2026 at 1:59am:


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no. america now shows sovereign risk. it is a flawed openly corrupt violent unintelligent society.
the world wants to have little to do with it.
it operates only 8 % of the worlds trade, the other 92 % will operate well without it
china now pays 50% of their iron ore bill to aussie in their own currency. the rest of the world will do this too.

Trump understands the system better then the legal intellectuals.
It's the benefit he had from years of grinding it out on the tough streets of Manhattan whilst the lawyers sipped thier lattes.


What are the supreme Court going to do?
Call in an airstrike on Mar El lago?
Call up the military?.

The big fella can do what he likes.
He will be dead soon, so let him enjoy the encore to a very interesting life, something the leftie intellectual never experienced.
Now, back to your crusty keyboards lefties and recognize your inferior status

aquascoot wrote on Feb 21^st, 2026 at 6:00am:


Yes, every cloud has a silver lining   

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs on Friday, a significant decision that could redirect the course of the administration’s economic and foreign policy agenda.

The 6-3 decision, which included both conservative and liberal justices in the majority, had the potential to reset the relationship between a White House that has repeatedly pushed legal boundaries and a Supreme Court that has in case after case blessed those efforts since Trump returned to power.

MattE wrote on Feb 21^st, 2026 at 12:07pm:


Jesus, he's such a little cry-baby.

It seems he can be a dictator to an extent without officially being one, just  as Israel can take the West Bank without making it official.  Putin plays the same game. It's salami-slicing off democracy.

President Donald Trump has this morning imposed a devastating 10 per cent tariff on all imports into the United States after the US Supreme Court struck down his signature economic policy.



The conservative-majority top court ruled six-three that a 1977 law known as the International Emergency Economic Powers Act(IEEPA) Mr Trump has relied on “does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.”


Mr Trump said he would use a separate authority to impose a uniform tariff of 10 percent -- after he spent the past year imposing various rates spontaneously to cajole and punish other countrie.


The ruling did not impact sector-specific duties Mr Trump separately imposed on imports of steel, aluminum and various other goods. Several government probes which could lead to more sectoral tariffs remain in the works.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 21^st, 2026 at 8:39pm:


trump is worse than stupid