Source: Orange County Register
by Tom Campbell
“Last Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court tariff decision was a workmanlike exercise of statutory analysis. The reaction from the administration was not. President Trump impugned the integrity and patriotism of the justices, claiming that ‘the court has been swayed by foreign interests.’ … When Trump announced tariffs on any country that did not agree with his plans to seize Greenland, or increased tariffs on Brazil because Brazil’s Supreme Court refused to reverse the conviction of former President Bolsonaro, a friend of Trump, he was broadcasting to the court that his interpretation of the law had no limits. In light of those actual examples, it was a surprise that there were any justices willing to uphold the president’s view of his tariff power.” (02/22/26)