Apparently some commentators in the substack echo chamber didn't take the win, but every major media outlet heralded the win as the biggest defeat of Trump's two terms, possibly crippling his tariff strategy even in light of his alternatives. A little credit where credit is due?
I am concerned if we can push back legally on Trump threatening people who use the Scotus decision about their tariffs. When can he be legally confronted with this legal insurrection
On behalf of Robert, I would tell all of you who appreciate his columns to be sure to like and re-stack every one of them every day. This is how he gets the recognition that he needs for continuing to do the hard work that he does.
If SCOTUS reformation occurs after Congress becomes controlled by the Dems in Jan 2027, you cannot permit Trumpus to nominate any new justices. This will delay the improvement and responsibility of SCOTUS too long.
the main reason I don't think the Extremes will shirk the Major Questions doctrine on election rules is that to use "delegation" there has to be SOME sign that Congress tends to do that on an issue. For tariffs, it has long been the case that Congress has delegated some aspects of tariff authority to the Executive Branch. As far as I know it has NEVER delegated any authority over voting to that Branch. As far as I know, the only "interference" with state power has been to prevent violations of civil rights BY the states and to prevent the military from being used to police polling places
The major questions doctrine has been used destructively to attack agencies regulating in light of their actual expertise. But here it is just a code way of saying "yes, separation of powers matters."
Because tariffs are simply not named in IEEPA, the Court never got to what deference it is going to allow as to what a president thinks an "emergency" is. THAT is an issue that needs deciding in so many areas.
O my, so much to do, so many zooms …here’s another
Tuesday night @8 ET SGCC, State Government Citizens Campaign, is having a zoom. The States are the big barrier. It costs less money to elect good people to state office and swing states to blue, than to elect ie. a US Senator. States control a lot…….elections, education, taxation et al.
I hope you will join us at info@sgccamerica.-com ( if that is incorrect just go to sgccamerica.com and see what is going on. The group was started by children book authors….so let’s get with them to save our country for the children
Better link here: https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-psychology-of-defeating-fascism. If you post the link in your inbox (mail or app) those without access to YOUR account can't see them. You have to go to the main page of the Substack for the author, click on the correct story, and post THAT link.
I like the fact that Robert spells out all the ways to think about this decision. None of us know for sure what it might mean for future decisions but it might be a good sign. I like the plan to expand the Supreme Court. That would be great. It would also be great if Dems stopped voting for right wing picks for the federal bench coming down the pike. Love the protest photos as always.
Sometimes it seems we must have watched too many movies and Saturday morning cartoons in our childhoods - we seem to expect clear definitions/boundaries between "good" and "bad." I think that any serious or even half-serious study of history will illustrate how complicated things really are. I was just reading from a great book, "The Last Lion," how Neville Chamberlain's dealings with Hitler were at first applauded by the Brits, but soon after, condemned. Views change, especially as consequences become clearer, and more facts are discovered. Look at the Epstein files: the more we learn, the bigger the thing gets. What some of us were sure of at first may have changed. I think keeping an open mind might be advantageous at this point.
Learning Resources designs and sells high quality educational toys and materials. I ordered several when I worked as a Speech Language Pathologist.
For anyone familiar with “The Princess Bride,” we are in the Fire Swamp. While in the Fire Swamp, Buttercup claimed that they could not survive. Wesley reassured her that they had already won, as he noted that they had survived 2/3 of the hazards. Feels like we are surviving hazards and seeing a way forward.
Ask yourself, who in the administration made money as a result of the Supreme Court ruling that the tariffs were illegal. Do you think those who gained from the court's decision knew from the beginning that the tariffs were illegal and that the court would eventually strike them down.
Robert, you've helped me and hundreds/thousands of others in coping, understanding, and trying to make sense out of the madness ever since the MAGAt-in-chief rolled down that damned golden escalator and began spewing his hate and racist trash.
And, while I'm happy to "take the win" with the Leaning Resources case, HEREIN lies my struggle to do so without trepidation. ENFORCEMENT! Not just of this ruling (no thanks to Kavanaugh's roadmap to circumvention), but of any and all rulings. Yes, "we've" won hundreds of decisions since 2016, but where is the ENFORCEMENT of these decisions. In almost every case, the decision ends up in a whirlpool of appeals, or simply blatant disregard without consequences or interminable delay. This is demoralizing, frustrating, and infuriating.
Millions (including me and my Big Blonde Dog) will be out on the streets on March 28, as we have for every protest we can. And, while I know you cannot "fix" the enforcement or consequence concerns, understanding and acknowledging that frustration is important to us.
Dog is Love. Dogs have a gene that predisposes them to love humans. Humans have a gene that predisposes us to love dogs. These genes probably evolved during the thousands of years we were coevolving with dogs. See: Dog is Love: How and Why Your Dog Loves You, by Clive Wynne, PhD. My dog is a small border collie. I'm waiting for warmer weather to start taking her to protests.
Thank you for clarifying the Supreme Court tariff decision and the new ad valorem tax. Appreciated. Great quilts. Beautiful. Thank you for your generosity, clarity and optimism.
Apparently some commentators in the substack echo chamber didn't take the win, but every major media outlet heralded the win as the biggest defeat of Trump's two terms, possibly crippling his tariff strategy even in light of his alternatives. A little credit where credit is due?
Thank you again for your solid reasoning and explanations.
What power does the Supreme Court have to enforce their ruling should Trump decide to not comply
I am concerned if we can push back legally on Trump threatening people who use the Scotus decision about their tariffs. When can he be legally confronted with this legal insurrection
On behalf of Robert, I would tell all of you who appreciate his columns to be sure to like and re-stack every one of them every day. This is how he gets the recognition that he needs for continuing to do the hard work that he does.
If SCOTUS reformation occurs after Congress becomes controlled by the Dems in Jan 2027, you cannot permit Trumpus to nominate any new justices. This will delay the improvement and responsibility of SCOTUS too long.
the main reason I don't think the Extremes will shirk the Major Questions doctrine on election rules is that to use "delegation" there has to be SOME sign that Congress tends to do that on an issue. For tariffs, it has long been the case that Congress has delegated some aspects of tariff authority to the Executive Branch. As far as I know it has NEVER delegated any authority over voting to that Branch. As far as I know, the only "interference" with state power has been to prevent violations of civil rights BY the states and to prevent the military from being used to police polling places
The major questions doctrine has been used destructively to attack agencies regulating in light of their actual expertise. But here it is just a code way of saying "yes, separation of powers matters."
Because tariffs are simply not named in IEEPA, the Court never got to what deference it is going to allow as to what a president thinks an "emergency" is. THAT is an issue that needs deciding in so many areas.
O my, so much to do, so many zooms …here’s another
Tuesday night @8 ET SGCC, State Government Citizens Campaign, is having a zoom. The States are the big barrier. It costs less money to elect good people to state office and swing states to blue, than to elect ie. a US Senator. States control a lot…….elections, education, taxation et al.
I hope you will join us at info@sgccamerica.-com ( if that is incorrect just go to sgccamerica.com and see what is going on. The group was started by children book authors….so let’s get with them to save our country for the children
I don't know if anyone else has sent a link to Christopher Armitage's post, The Psychology of Defeating Fascism, but it is powerful, and reinforces what you have been saying all along. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQfBsvRGTZNvjjPrcPBDNWpVJfn
thank you - great article - definitely makes me want to keep going
Better link here: https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-psychology-of-defeating-fascism. If you post the link in your inbox (mail or app) those without access to YOUR account can't see them. You have to go to the main page of the Substack for the author, click on the correct story, and post THAT link.
Thank you for the clarification.
I like the fact that Robert spells out all the ways to think about this decision. None of us know for sure what it might mean for future decisions but it might be a good sign. I like the plan to expand the Supreme Court. That would be great. It would also be great if Dems stopped voting for right wing picks for the federal bench coming down the pike. Love the protest photos as always.
Sometimes it seems we must have watched too many movies and Saturday morning cartoons in our childhoods - we seem to expect clear definitions/boundaries between "good" and "bad." I think that any serious or even half-serious study of history will illustrate how complicated things really are. I was just reading from a great book, "The Last Lion," how Neville Chamberlain's dealings with Hitler were at first applauded by the Brits, but soon after, condemned. Views change, especially as consequences become clearer, and more facts are discovered. Look at the Epstein files: the more we learn, the bigger the thing gets. What some of us were sure of at first may have changed. I think keeping an open mind might be advantageous at this point.
Learning Resources designs and sells high quality educational toys and materials. I ordered several when I worked as a Speech Language Pathologist.
For anyone familiar with “The Princess Bride,” we are in the Fire Swamp. While in the Fire Swamp, Buttercup claimed that they could not survive. Wesley reassured her that they had already won, as he noted that they had survived 2/3 of the hazards. Feels like we are surviving hazards and seeing a way forward.
Very nice comment!
Ask yourself, who in the administration made money as a result of the Supreme Court ruling that the tariffs were illegal. Do you think those who gained from the court's decision knew from the beginning that the tariffs were illegal and that the court would eventually strike them down.
Robert, you've helped me and hundreds/thousands of others in coping, understanding, and trying to make sense out of the madness ever since the MAGAt-in-chief rolled down that damned golden escalator and began spewing his hate and racist trash.
And, while I'm happy to "take the win" with the Leaning Resources case, HEREIN lies my struggle to do so without trepidation. ENFORCEMENT! Not just of this ruling (no thanks to Kavanaugh's roadmap to circumvention), but of any and all rulings. Yes, "we've" won hundreds of decisions since 2016, but where is the ENFORCEMENT of these decisions. In almost every case, the decision ends up in a whirlpool of appeals, or simply blatant disregard without consequences or interminable delay. This is demoralizing, frustrating, and infuriating.
Millions (including me and my Big Blonde Dog) will be out on the streets on March 28, as we have for every protest we can. And, while I know you cannot "fix" the enforcement or consequence concerns, understanding and acknowledging that frustration is important to us.
Dog is Love. Dogs have a gene that predisposes them to love humans. Humans have a gene that predisposes us to love dogs. These genes probably evolved during the thousands of years we were coevolving with dogs. See: Dog is Love: How and Why Your Dog Loves You, by Clive Wynne, PhD. My dog is a small border collie. I'm waiting for warmer weather to start taking her to protests.
Mr. Hubbell, your writing is the best of the best in progressive and responsible journalism!
Thank you for clarifying the Supreme Court tariff decision and the new ad valorem tax. Appreciated. Great quilts. Beautiful. Thank you for your generosity, clarity and optimism.