Most of Trump’s #GOP allies condemned the ruling, firmly rejecting the idea of insisting on their own branch of government’s constitutional role. Of the few #Republican senators who cheered it as a triumph for #ChecksAndBalances, some had repeatedly voted against blocking some of the sweeping duties #Trump unilaterally imposed, wary of crossing him. And in the #House, GOP leaders used a procedural move for nearly a year to prevent lawmakers from even having to take such a vote.

#law #Congress

Most of Trump’s #GOP allies condemned the ruling, firmly rejecting the idea of insisting on their own branch of government’s constitutional role. Of the few #Republican senators who cheered it as a triumph for #ChecksAndBalances, some had repeatedly voted against blocking some of the sweeping duties #Trump unilaterally imposed, wary of crossing him. And in the #House, GOP leaders used a procedural move for nearly a year to prevent lawmakers from even having to take such a vote.

#law #Congress

“Since Trump returned to the White House, we have wondered whether the Supreme Court could muster enough independence to save our constitutional system from his efforts to consolidate all power in the Oval Office. Too often, SCOTUS has shirked this duty. But there are still some lines it won’t let Trump cross.”

#Politics #USPolitics #SCOTUSTariffRuling #SupremeCourtIndependence #ChecksAndBalances #ConstitutionalRights #USConstitution #TrumpTariffSmackdown

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