Source: The UnPopulist
by Joe Bishop-Henchman
“The administration’s rapid pivot to Section 122 reflects necessity, not legal strength. It rests on redefining a ‘balance-of-payments crisis’ beyond recognition, disregarding its own recent legal positions, and assuming that courts will decline to examine economic realities too closely. That is a fragile foundation for a policy affecting hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce and millions of consumers. And it’s possible he will get away with it. Ultimately, this episode underscores a constitutional reality that no statutory workaround can erase: trade policy belongs to Congress. And unless Congress takes it back, it will not be able to put a definitive end to his tariff mischief.” (02/24/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-has-other-means-to-make-tariff