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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Threatening to arrest the justices probably wasn’t a good idea if he wanted the court to go his way. They aren’t just rubber stamping things for him, they’re just ignoring things they don’t want to deal with the fallout over. But this one they really don’t have a downside to tossing out.

    Tariffs are clearly handled by the Legislative Branch, the Executive only has power delegated in extreme like war, and Trump is invoking bullshit reasoning to justify his tariffs that way. It’s the reason the Republicans have called everything a war, the actual definition and declaration from Congress give the Presidency a lot more control, something Congress hasn’t done for any of the bullshit “wars” they try to use these powers for.