Source: Antiwar.com
by Andrew P Napolitano
“The taxing power in the federal government resides in the Congress. The Constitution states that Congress has the power to ‘lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts’ of the federal government. Indeed, in order to emphasize the location of this power in the Congress, the Constitution also requires that all legislation ‘for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.’ So, if only Congress can impose taxes, how can the president impose tariffs? Here is the backstory.” (02/07/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/andrew-p-napolitano/2025/02/06/tariffs-and-the-constitution/