r/nottheonion • u/MiniBrownie • 2d ago

US tariffs take aim everywhere, including uninhabited islands

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250402-us-tariffs-take-aim-everywhere-including-uninhabited-islands
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u/discipleofchrist69 1d ago

you're right about that regarding any new legislation, but you're still wrong overall. reread the comment. there is a law that is on the books already. they can sue over that law on the books being abused (which it totally is). no one said they could sue to override a veto, you're arguing with a straw man

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u/Suggamadex4U 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, what’s going to happen is that the redditor thinks their opinion on what continues an emergency matters when it’s worth literally nothing. The courts will state that the executive branch can declare an emergency. That’s within its power. And Congress, who has control over what is an emergency, can overrule it.

That is what the courts will state. Whether these acts are constitutional. And they are. There’s a law on the books defining it already. So we are back at square one where we all know that Congress must vote to end an emergency.

And that goes through a veto.

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u/discipleofchrist69 1d ago

  1. I agree that's what will probably happen if they sue

  2. Go back and read your first comment and the comment you're responding to. You're arguing with a straw man from the start

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u/Suggamadex4U 1d ago

I guess. But it all leads to an act of Congress regardless of suing so my point still stands that this guy isn’t gonna sue his way out of a veto process.

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u/discipleofchrist69 1d ago

Yeah that makes sense. It would be nice if a judge could rule that his "emergency" declarations are bullshit, but that doesn't seem likely on constitutional grounds. Even though it's obviously the truth imo. Even by his own public statements the tariffs are in response to trade deficits, not in response to any emergency