From the person himself:
“The supreme court docket (shall be utilizing decrease case letters for some time based mostly on an entire lack of respect!) of the USA by chance and unwittingly gave me, as President of the USA, way more powers and energy than I had previous to their ridiculous, dumb, and really internationally divisive ruling. For one factor, I can use Licenses to do completely “horrible” issues to international international locations, particularly these international locations which have been RIPPING US OFF for a lot of a long time, however incomprehensibly, in keeping with the ruling, can’t cost them a License charge – BUT ALL LICENSES CHARGE FEES, why can’t the USA accomplish that? You do a license to get a charge! The opinion doesn’t clarify that, however I do know the reply! The court docket has additionally authorized all different Tariffs, of which there are a lot of, they usually can all be utilized in a way more highly effective and obnoxious approach, with authorized certainty, than the Tariffs as initially used. Our incompetent supreme court docket did an excellent job for the mistaken individuals, and for that they need to be ashamed of themselves (however not the Nice Three!). The following factor you recognize they may rule in favor of China and others, who’re making an absolute fortune on Birthright Citizenship, by saying the 14th Modification was NOT written to deal with the “infants of slaves,” which it was as confirmed by the EXACT TIMING of its development, submitting, and ratification, which completely coincided with the END OF THE CIVIL WAR. How a lot better are you able to do than that? However this supreme court docket will discover a option to come to the mistaken conclusion, one which once more will make China, and varied different Nations, glad and wealthy. Let our supreme court docket hold making selections which can be so unhealthy and deleterious to the way forward for our Nation – I’ve a job to do. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
I do not fairly see how that’s the case however I would be glad to be enlightened. As summarised beforehand here, the Supreme Courtroom utilized the “main questions” doctrine and said that the IEEPA doesn’t grant Trump the authority to impose tariffs in a 6-3 choice.
That now sees Trump having to pursue different avenues, invoking Part 122 of the Commerce Act of 1974 to impose a blanket 15% tariff for the following 150 days.
After that, Trump will want Congress’ approval to increase them – which is unlikely to work out. And even so, the Supreme Courtroom can come again round once more to cease him from conveniently making an attempt to abuse a loophole of getting to reissue the Part 122 tariffs each 150 days.
As such, the following logical and certain step can be Trump needing to pursue tariffs beneath the pretext of “unfair commerce practices”. That requires Part 301, which is a extra surgical and tedious course of in making an attempt to enact tariffs. It requires the USTR to show that different international locations are performing “unreasonably” or “discriminatorily” in direction of the US of their commerce practices.
And as talked about earlier:
“The difficulty right here is that there is perhaps a little bit of a niche as Part 301 investigations often take 6 to 12 months to finish as a result of they require public hearings and evidence-gathering. So if they are not accomplished by round July or August, there shall be a niche by which Trump might not have the ability to place tariffs as he pleases. So, there’s that.”
