Tag: supreme-court
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TAPA 206 OUR SUPREME DECISION
Sometimes an act can be legally correct yet morally or humanely wrong. The two recent Supreme Court decisions affecting immigration may ultimately prove to be Pyrrhic victories, legally sound under the Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, but costly because of their human consequences. History provides a sobering example. In 1857, the Supreme Court, under Chief…
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TAPA # 171 WHO CARES???
WHO CARES???? NOT TRUMP! Pundits and politicians, especially Republicans facing reelection, appear bewildered by Trump’s response to the Court’s tariff ruling, flinching at his disrespectful characterization of the Justices who rejected his use of IEEPA. The Court did not rule against Trump personally; it ruled on the limits of presidential power, just as it did…
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TAPA 169 “THOSE DUCKS JUST KEEP WALKING & TALKING;
“A shameful disgrace” is how Donald Trump described the Supreme Court’s decision invalidating his tariff approach. The ruling did not say tariffs cannot be used; it said tariffs are taxes, meaning Trump’s tariffs amounted to one of the largest tax increases on Americans in history. Under the Constitution, taxes must be enacted by Congress. If…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 