Below is my column in the New York Post on the decision yesterday finding that the Trump tariffs are invalid. What happens now will be, if nothing else, interesting. Dusk has come to Liberation Day. Trump has options, but the pressure will now be greater on Congress as bilateral trade agreements are moving forward.
Here is the column:
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” collided with deliberation day in the courts, and it did not go well. The Court of International Trade ruled that the President lacks the authority to impose his massive tariffs worldwide.
But all is not lost for Trump’s tariffs.
The three-judge panel held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) does not give the president “such unbounded authority.”
While some have criticized the court as a “judicial coup,” it is a well-reasoned and good-faith decision from judges appointed by Presidents Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, and Trump.
While the court, in my view, should have issued a stay pending appeal, a wide array of experts have questioned the authority under the IEEPA, which is designed to address a national emergency. The authority does not mention tariffs and has never been used for tariffs. There’s a good chance the Supreme Court upholds the ruling.
Rejecting Trump’s authority under IEEPA does not mean he lacks all authority for tariffs. The administration is correct in arguing that Congress has repeatedly deferred to presidents on tariffs, granting them sweeping authority.
For example, the ruling does not affect Trump’s “sector tariffs” under the Trade Expansion Act, which impose 25% levies on steel, aluminum, and auto imports.
Likewise, the court acknowledged that Trump has the authority under Section 122 of the Trade Act to impose tariffs of up to 15% for 150 days to address “fundamental international payment problems,” including trade deficits. After conducting further investigation into these problems, he can then impose long-term tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
But Congress may have to act if it wants to allow the Trump administration to continue to use tariffs as a trade strategy. A court just removed the stick Trump used to force other nations to the negotiating table.
Absent congressional action, it may even be possible for companies to seek reimbursement for past payments under the Trump tariffs. Both the suspension of tariffs and the risk of reimbursement could exacerbate the current deficit. The revenue from the tariffs was factored into the projections behind Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”
Congress will need to demonstrate that it is nimble enough to operate effectively in this fast-paced market. It will also have to decide whether it wants to give Trump time to close his deals. Whether you agree with Trump’s gamble or not, we already have chips on the table.
Moreover, there is strong support for reciprocal tariffs to match the costs and barriers placed on our goods by other countries.
Congress has already indicated that it is willing to block Democratic measures to derail the negotiations. Recently, the Senate rejected an effort to undo Trump’s tariffs on most U.S. trading partners in a tied vote of 49 to 49 (with three Republican senators voting with the Democrats).
Trump may find that his razor-thin margin will not last much longer. Polls indicate that the public is wary of the impact of the tariffs. Many of us view tariffs as a tax on consumers and generally a poor idea.
Nevertheless, Trump was right about the market barriers and unfair treatment shown by other countries, including some of our closest allies. The resulting deals will be good for the United States and could represent the most significant move toward open markets in a generation.
These are difficult issues, and we need to tamp down the rhetoric. These judges are not the enemy. Neither is Trump. Trump is trying to use every possible law to achieve historic reforms. These judges are trying to guarantee that such priorities do not take precedence over the rule of law.
Just as Congress needs to be more nimble, so does the president. He can appeal this case while using less controversial means to maintain the tariff pressure on these countries as we work toward these bilateral trade agreements.
In the meantime, the Senate should use its leverage at this moment to not only push the administration for a fast resolution of these trade talks, but far greater reductions in federal spending.
Trump has shocked a long-comatose system in Washington. However, it has been more shock than therapy without free trade deals and deficit reductions.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Really: this is madness. Do not tell me our modern left are not a regime. I do not want to get to the point where we are fighting a regime outside of the legal system, but that seems to be precisely what they are hoping for. We have passed beyond the pale. The modern left are a plague, for everyone. Period. It’s over. I used to give grace; anyone still supporting this needs to have their head examined. I pray that it is just the 21% reported.
Really: no words. Are we making teenagers judges in 2025? I do not know what the opposition is scared of, but it must be something absolutely huge for this level of response.
And SCOTUS: WAKE UP.
Wait. Didn’t Prez Trump (1st term) put tariffs on goods from China and no one said a work.
The funny part Biden kept them. The courts said ZIP!
That’s becase he didn’t use the IEEP and he didn’t impose them on every nation. He was limited by his sane advisors in his first adminstration. He doesn’t have that now. He’s free to go full moron this time.
Oh George, tell us your economic plan. Please give details so we can understand.
The same people who claim that the debt isn’t a threat to national security and therefore an emergency are the people that would have used the “climate” as an emergency to institute draconian measures.
So true. Look how the dem/libs love spending during Biden time. Talk about drunk sailors.
Yet never said a word about the cost of the spending.
Republicans don’t care about deficits and debt. They want to get rid of the debt limit to make it easier to charge the tax cuts to the national credit card.
Dick Chaney pointed out Republicans know the debt doesn’t matter.
Psssssssssssssssssssss geroge.
Biden out spent everyone and what green dream did it go too. if any. Ask all them NGO
Liar. Trump enlarged the debt by $7.8 trillion. Biden by $7 trillion according to the CRFB.
This has been around since 1977. When has “climate” been used as an emergency?
This type of Ruling could diminish the President/Executive to a ceremonial position within the governmental structure. To allocate the negotiations of trade to the legislative or judicial branch of government is just the most absurd thing I’ve heard from the courts of recent. Following those lines what Rights does a Republican President have, the current judicial branch’s mantra ‘shackle’s him by damned’ must fail; otherwise, we are in a heap of trouble! Where is just one Supreme Justice speaking about this abomination?
“To allocate the negotiations of trade to the legislative or judicial branch of government is just the most absurd thing I’ve heard from the courts of recent. ”
Say what? That is literally one of the legislative branches enumerated powers in the constitution.
If tariffs cannot be manipulated as executive action and must be legislated, Congress should do that right now.
What’s the problem?
Conservatives control the executive and legislative branches.
Where is Mike Johnson?
There’s enough sane old school Republicans left that these tariffs would never pass.
Then vote them out?!
Sane enough to be primaried?
It’s funny how Turley avoids directly mentioning Trump administration officials who are calling this a judicial coup or whatever derogatory insult they made of the decision.
Trump is a moron, and his use of an “emergency” finally came home to roost. Trump doesn’t know how tariffs work, and he has been actively threatening companies and car manufacturers not to raise prices because his tariffs are a tax on imports that companies are required to pay to the treasury. China doesn’t pay for them. No country does. We do.
Congress won’t act because they are also well aware of the higher prices, and their constituents won’t tolerate that. They don’t want to be responsible for raising prices when they have been promoting Trump’s BS line that he is lowering them. He was voted on the promise that he would lower prices, and his tariff disaster is raising them.
Trump is a moron, and everyone but T himself knows it.
The Chinese can weather this far better than we can, and Trump blinked when he was confronted with the reality that people would notice bare shelves and higher prices on everything. TACO trades are his MO, and nobody takes him seriously when he issues threats. He keeps backtracking or rolling over when it gets too much for his supporters.
Trump will lose on appeal, and that will be a huge relief for investors and businesses. He made a mess, and Republicans in Congress will make every effort to dress it up as a success. Because he’s an idiot and an incompetent negotiator, he will try to save face by attacking the judges and the courts. He needs to blame someone for his failures. I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to blame Biden for it.
Yawn……………..
More lies for a so called know it all.
Really thoughtful well reasoned response.
Then I feel sorry for you, reading this mis-mash of lies.
Says a bunch about you
Dustoff, you can’t articulate anything other than insults and whining. Trump being a moron is not a lie. Everybody knows he is. He folds on the first serious pushback. China threatened to withhold rare earth metals from the U.S. and he suddenly panicked. Canada threatened to cut off electricity to northern states and he folded. It doesn’t take much to make Trump blink. Wall st. loves TACO trades.
Insults………..LOL
george, you are nothing but a parrot.
You wonder why we laugh at you.
What did he say that was a lie?
Trump is a moron per him. No one get rich by being stupid. Unlike Biden…. right Hunter
Wasn’t the whole “Covid” scam a so-called “emergency?”
If products are made in America, do Americans pay tariffs on them?
“ If products are made in America, do Americans pay tariffs on them?”
No, but….if they source materials for manufacturing from outside the country they are also subject to tariffs. So in a way we all still pay for the tariffs even if some goods are made manufactured here.
We want cheap stuff and we need cheap stuff because companies love selling us cheap stuff that they make cheaply overseas and make money on it.
Recently a company did an experiment to see if Americans would pay for products made here if they were a little more expensive. Turns out nobody wanted to buy the more expensive American product. Oops.
The only cheap stuff you’ve been buying is information. You are an outright moron.
Ya, see, China doesn’t import American probably because they can’t sell it because Americans have extreme inflation and crap quality.
LOL… A building built by China fell down. Tell us about crap quality
Trying to remember which Southeast Asian country where did that happened? I know that the building built with Chinese steel fell during an earthquake. While the other buildings near by didn’t collapsed.
No. High prices. The American companies pay taxes if the company is American and not owned offshore.
The will to suck is strong with you. We pay nearly $1T because of overspending and trade imbalances and you’re telling us “we pay for tariffs.” You are seriously a complete moron. The reason for the tariffs is simply beyond your little addled mind.
What would remove the tariffs, according to Trump…go ahead, try to find out – don’t try to think it through, that will fail you, seek a good source – not some talking head, a real source.
You won’t post what you find, because it will embarrass you. I suggest you start looking for that kinda information in general in your life, you will less frequently embarrass yourself and those that tell you what to think.
Oh, bless your little heart. You think we don’t pay for tariffs. Trump has a new little friend.
Maybe he’s cutting the profit on foreign owned corps until they move here and employ indigent Americans at 20 bucks per hour and not 5 cents per hour.
@George
George, you are an idiot, and pretty much everyone thinks so. Enjoy your dollars. You being paid is the only result your employers can count on at this point (and by all means let them continue to light those dollars on fire); we all think you are a moron, and we know you are a troll. As a paid shill, you yourself might only half-believe the dictates of your hosts. But hey – it pays, ammirite?
With a $37 Trillion in National Debt and a $140.5 billion trade deficit, it would be good to know what numbers they are waiting on to qualify as a national emergency.
At what point does “unsustainable” enter the national discussion?
A trillion here, a trillion there. Before you know it, you’re talking “real” money.
LOL
So true. This topic reminds me of what Milton Friedman said about the 4 different ways to spend money. It is quite obvious our government lives in option 4.
1) You can spend your own money on yourself.
If you spend your own money on yourself, you’re very careful on what you spend it on. You make sure you get the most for your dollar.
2) You can spend your own money on someone else.
When you spend your own money on someone else, you’re careful on not spending too much. You don’t worry as much about the gifts you buy for other people as the things you buy for yourself.
3) You can spend somebody else’s money on yourself.
You’re careful to get good things for the money. But you’re not very worried about getting the best bang for your buck. You’re happier to spend more of somebody else’s money within reason.
4) You can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else.
You become a “distributor of welfare funds.” You’re interested in making your own life as good as you can. But you’re not going to be anywhere near as careful as spending this money on other people.
In an environment where we are accustomed to spending other people’s money on someone else, we end up not maximizing the value of the dollar. We also don’t end up appreciating money as much either.
Olly, you think government budgets work like household budgets? ROFL! No wonder you have these kinds of ideas.
They are not the same. They never have been.
Olly, you think government budgets work like household budgets? They are not the same. They never have been.
Nope. Never said that. The basic principles of budgeting are certainly the same. The principles of spending, like Milton Friedman described, are no different. The main difference lies in deficits and debt. Deficits and debt for the household, unlike the government, impact the household security. The government, impacts national security.
Explain the difference, George. Give details.
“. . . what Milton Friedman said . . .”
Speaking of Friedman — on tariffs:
“When other nations restrict trade, they harm their own citizens. When we respond with our own tariffs, we merely punish our citizens, too. After all, you don’t fix holes in the bottom of the boat by shooting more holes in it. Free trade benefits America regardless of what other countries do. Refusing to buy something at the best price available is simply bad business” – Milton Friedman
You know who liked tariffs? Keynes.
That’s not a national emergency. It’s just normal business. Trump doesn’t understand that just like he doesn’t understand how tariffs work. He’s a horrible negotiator and an idiot whent it comes to business.
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How odd. So many of our former Prez did it too.
Just maybe you could be wrong.
Wait… What million dollar business have you created. Fire away big child.
Exactly. The only national emergency the democrats are trying to avoid is that Americans are starting to understand how F’ed up things are and how they got that way – that is armeggedon for the democrats.
True, they’ve put bitcoin up to handle the glut of worthless dollars. Banks can’t handle those numbers. Bank computers are still using Fortran or something. Fdic is 250 thou only.
In the past 5 months it should be clear to every American citizen that this nation is NOT a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”. The will of the people through fair elections by US citizens is non existent. Corruption in our government is in the open for all to view, how hypocritical we are to lecture other governments on democracy, what frauds we are. The corrupt in government have caused the loss of life, limb and mind to our youth sending them to hellholes at the cry of “democracy”. Meanwhile each year the villains in our own government have chipped away at our freedoms and the American way of life.
The best part about this court decision is Stephen Miller (aka Nosferatu) gnashing his fangs. 🧛♂️ 🦇
Not really. Others who have read the rules for tariffs, see a way out of this. These so called judges have no power.
Yeah, Congress can impose them, but they won’t. Because they don’t have the courage to be accountable for the bad economy that comes with it.
Well then the Supreme Court should rule those laws, passed by Congress decades ago, to be unconstitutional. That way, Congress will have no other choice but to accept the consequences of passing unconstitutional laws.
In the meantime, what Trump is doing, in my opinion, is legal. Because of the laws passed by the Legislature branch, delegating their Constitutional authority of “levying duties” onto the Executive branch. As such, the Court of International Trade’s ruling is illegal in my view. As their decision usurp the powers granted by Article I and Article II of the Constitution. And until such time such laws is either repealed or ruled unconstitutional, Trump should keep on doing granted by the laws passed by Congress. As purportedly said by Abraham Lincoln, “The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
That and a growing $1T+ annual interest on our debt – moron.
Just think of all the cool stuff we could do with and extra Trillion every year, oh well, go back to your schadenfreude, idiot.
That extra trillion would go to the filthy rich as a tax break. Haven’t you learned anything about how Republicans operate?
The growing national interest on the debt will get worse with Trump’s tax cuts. He has no way of paying for them and we already know the math doesn’t add up. Trump raised the debt substantially in his first term. Now he’s going to do it again and it wil be adding more to it.
BTW, Trump adding more money to defense to a total of $1 Trillion is not a problem? When did DOGE find waste, fraud, and abuse within the defense department? Where are the savings?
LIAR
That extra trillion would go to the filthy rich as a tax break. Haven’t you learned anything about how Republicans operate?
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Ask the IRS about how Prez Trump tax breaks went to who???
Crazy george fill for the DNC lie.
Interest? You mean inflation on old debt?
as we see continuing machinations by, not only the insane progs among us, but recalcitrant republican politicians at all levels without spines refusing to do what needs to be done; I have begun to realize that there is no legislative, electoral or judicial method of curing the mess that is our nation (it’s government, it’s media/education industry, nor its cultural apparatuses). We will need much more definitive and painful methods of undoing this devastation.
I’m 74 and I doubt if I will be around to see which way this nation goes but I do hope it is a forceful repudiation of progressivism but I cannot see that happening with all of the indoctrinated tools manufactured by the left – (just the enormous number of welfare parasites alone would become roaming hordes looking for ways to survive should the government teat dry up) add in all the miseducated college grads with a warped and false concept of the nation, the world, even reality and the wealthy elites who are on a power trip to dominate the globe with their untested anthropological concepts of perfecting the human race, and I see no peaceful way to stop their total pollution of our original national ethos.
What would be needed to turn this ship around? Trump is a flawed individual but he did step up and even Musk is recognizing that government can’t cure itself anymore that Harvard can clean up its mess without tossing out the lot and starting anew without any left over stench of the left remaining.
Whim
I like worry for this nation at 72.
Most all for my Granddaughter at 23 years old and going to college.
Everyone on my family gave time (service) to protect our country. Was it all a waste?
My father survived the bat-tan death march.
Yes, it will all be a waste if we do not stop the progressive ideology that is killing this nation and its constitution and culture. Our founding fathers knew that this form of government would only survive if the nation was comprised of a moral society based on Judeo/Christian codes. We allowed that to be demolished starting in the 50’s when the media/education industry so soundly promoted alternatives to that original ethos and we sat back and allowed them to infiltrate every nook and cranny of our culture. (Just look at the moronic and apostatic nature of most modern Judeo/Christian churches – they are putrid mutations of the originals). There remains no safe and painless way to undo all of that and I do not know if there are enough patriots (akin to those who pledged their sacred honors to create this nation) who would be willing to actually wage this fight. I sincerely doubt that Trump can turn this around through the office of President and I have little confidence in current politicians of any stripe.
Gather eggs and barter them at the markets…
Good article professor. Obviously, the order is legally correct and the court is absolutely playing its proper role here. I would also agree that any unfair trade tariff imposed on our country should be addressed. In that respect Trump is correct. I would, however, argue that his draconian approach to fixing such issues leaves much to be desired.
With that being said, it can also be sensibly argued that the president doesn’t fundamentally understand how tariffs work. Either that or he sincerely believes his way of negotiating is best. Many of his public comments on foreign countries paying the tariff are incorrect or misleading. Tariffs are absolutely an import tax almost exclusively paid by the American consumer. Economists fundamentally loathe them for good reason.
It would be ideal for Congress to play its role in this process as well. I am not sure the president desires such input, however, and has effectively bullied our party into silence.
Finally, it is my sincerest hope that the nations of the world are approaching us with “deals.” That could be a stretch, however, given the president’s unconditional approach on not only tariffs but on American foreign policy in general. The world is sincerely wondering about American leadership and whether they can make a honest go without America. Time will tell.
The true problem here is not the legality of what these judges are doing, it is the ideology that is guiding them to all of these certain injunctions. We have been given a truly amazing form of government but it is being polluted by a progressive ideology so foreign from anything imagined by our founding fathers that it is toxicity that is destroying us from the inside – a gangrene, so to speak, eating up the very flesh of our national body as it seeks its own endgame.
“it is the ideology that is guiding them to all of these certain injunctions”. Yes. I’m sure the Bush and Trump appointed judges had “progressive ideology”… whatever that is.
When Eisenhower was President, he appointed Earl Warren and William Brennan to the Supreme Court. After his presidency, Eisenhower purportedly said, “I have made two mistakes, and they are both sitting on the Supreme Court.”
https://www.lawweekly.org/col/2018/10/17/ikes-mistake-the-accidental-creation-of-the-warren-court
No capitalists are investing in the US? They’re selling and shuttering because of theft?
The drug of choice for the young is anesthesia aka fentanyl. How can anesthesia be interesting. Take too much die before next breath. Stunning…
JT states “Dusk Comes to Liberation Day”
It’s Dusk till Dawn with a snake dance!
Although Professor Turley reasons the decision is solid in its rational, it is still another case of the Judicial Branch acting not in the best interested of the United States. The Court could and should have “stayed” the PI pending appeals to allow the Executive Branch time to research and act as well as time for current negotiations to continue. That would have been a RATIONAL decision. The irrational aspect of the Judicial Branch lies in the tyrannical use of TRO’s and PI’s against the Executive Branch!!!!!!!!!! Specifically one President Trump.
* . I’m not qualified to comment.
The US is utterly self sufficient with the cleanest food supply and best quality in the world. No problem with exports. Import zero . Import raw materials for production in some manufacturing. Import high end leather goods, autos and cheap Japanese autos for affordability. Export trucks etc.
Bout it.
This is the first vigorous President we have had in many, many decades.
Washington has been comatose ever since they allowed the Administrative State to take over.
And, We, the People elected President Trump to drain the Swamp!
“And, We, the People elected President Trump to drain the swamp!”
Spoken like someone with TVS (Trump Vindication Syndrome).
The Court’s action goes right back to the protection of continuous operations of the Deep State, via The Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and NGOs, The Crimson Blob et.al.
Trubays & Oligarchs like George Soros won’t be able to profit fully with Tariffs in place. The Deep State Players in Congress (Their meal-ticket is at stake*) will also put up a fight to circumvent Trumps Idea of Fair Trade.
The Trump Admin is going after all Fronts as best it can. The Swamp is Deep and Wide, meantime the Judicial Branch’s ‘slip-is-showing’ its colors.
DS Players in Congress
* https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/Gr3wGdlWMAA-X0r.jpg?itok=PgM8u_-4
Just put two and two together – Mike Benz did.
https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-mike-benz-3
I grow tired of the argument that tariffs constitute a tax on consumers. That really depends on demand price elasticity, i.e., the sensitivity of consumers to price increases. It is simply not true that all increases in duties can be shifted forward in the price. The forward shifting capability will vary according to type of product as each product has a different price elasticity and also depend on the availability of an alternative product (substitution). In most cases full forward shifting is not possible and duty increase will partially be shifted forward to the consumer and partially be shifted backwards to the labor and capital factors. For example, if I am in the market for a new car, I could prefer a nice German sedan, but may substitute for a cheaper Cadillac. If the duty increase would be $10,000 to the sales price of the car, at which point the German manufacturer and importer will face the loss of significant market share, they may decide to absorb the duty increase. Both the manufacturer and the importer may accept a lower margin in order to keep market share.
So, likely, products will see some price increase but it is hard to predict how much for each type of product.
The ruling of the court comes at an unfortunate point in time, now that the Trump Administration seems to have some success with its strategy. There exists no doubt that Trump is correct that foreign nation levy higher import duties on US products than the US levies on similar foreign products for protective reasons. Therefore, I think his policy is correct and should be supported even if prices go up temporarily. Turley is also correct that Congress now has to step in by approving the tariff hikes and authorizing the President to do so for the next 6 years, to put foreign powers on notice that they better start negotiating in good faith.
Excellent! I have not read one Article that explains Elasticity in Demand and Consumer Substitution theory on Equilibrium once a Tariff has changed. Thanks
DoubleDutch-nice note and explanation. I can balance my bank accounts, stay out of bankruptcy, not overspend vs my income but international trade and tariffs and foreign negotiation are not my forte. For a novice on this subject it seems that trump’s use of the tariffs shocked the system and got people’s notice in other countries about what could happen and may yet improve the US trading position. I felt that the court acted harshly and should have been more flexible in light of ongoing negotiations.
I have no faith in congress negotiating any foreign trade deals. They should give the president and his dept heads the power to negotiate the deal and then have a final vote on if they accept it, just like it should work with a treaty. They are all frozen by the filibuster and the terror that without it they will have to work and make real and tough decisions on a daily basis like the rest of us.
The court seems to not realize that the world has speeded up and “all deliberate speed” is a snail pace in a digital world. Courts may become an anachronism if they are not picking up their pace in light of this. The Supreme Court is particularly bad about its glacial pace and lack of clarity on so many decisions. I note that the district courts and the courts of appeals seem to work on a faster pace, no matter which way they rule. The Supreme Court needs to pick up it’s game.
Thanks, DD
From what I read. Prez Trump has two ways to put the Tariffs back in play.
Goldman Sachs described a few ways, one of which is to ignore the lower courts, as they do not control foreign policy:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/trump-expected-to-find-a-workaround-after-trade-court-blocks-tariffs.html
-Rabble
First, gtrat writing. Two: have these judges ever read the The Trade Expansion Act of 1962?
My personaal persspective on tariffs. https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/to-tariff-or-not-to-tariff-that-is
Nice read… I guess these judges have not
Proclamation 80—Calling Forth the Militia and Convening an Extra Session of Congress
“On April 15, 1861,…President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling forth the state militias, to the sum of 75,000 troops, in order to suppress the rebellion. He appealed ‘to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union.’”
Proclamation 92—Warning to Rebel Sympathizers
“[On] July 17, 1862,…I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section to cease participating in, aiding, countenancing, or abetting the existing rebellion or any rebellion against the Government of the United States and to return to their proper allegiance to the United States on pain of the forfeitures and seizures as within and by said sixth section provided.”
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Abraham Lincoln was a Great American President.
Now President Donald J. Trump MUST implement his rendition of “The Lincoln Era,” close the border, rescind rebel sanctuary cities, compassionately repatriate all illegal and unassimilable aliens, revoke birthright citizenship, make English the sole official language, commence a war to defeat the rebellion, impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus, “smash” rebel printing presses, networks, podcasts, and social media platforms, and imprison political opponents and rebel judges, all in order to save, not the Union, but the Nation, eradicate the communist American welfare state, and place America squarely back on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, including absolute freedom, free enterprise, free industries, free markets, private property, and minimal taxation and regulation, alongside infinitesimal constitutional government.
(SARC/ON)
We are not at war. Trump needs to read the constitution, which probably exceeds his intellectual capacity.
Sure john. Were we at war In Viet Nam?
Or Korea.
“We are not at war. …” That is what They & You would like Us to believe.
But the entire North American Continent is under invasion, They flood Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. to overload our system of Government (Trillion Dollar Budgets are Proof). It’s an Attack on our very Standard of Living.
USA
I answered John that way, because both wars never had Congress consent.
Are at war with the dem party and judges who think they are in charge. YES!
Secession was and remains fully constitutional.
Lincoln’s war was completely unconstitutional.
Everything Lincoln did was and remains unconstitutional and must be revoked and rescinded, starting with the “Reconstruction Amendments” of Karl Marx, Lincoln’s fellow traveler.
Would that you seceded from these pages.
You are unconstitutional
You are a crime
You are a revisionist
We gave you a comments section and you could not keep it!!!
Ahhh, that’s sweet.
He follows so faithfully.
And remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I can’t thank you enough, Aninny.