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whalesaladtoday at 12:32 PM5 repliesview on HN

Unlawful means absolutely nothing these days.


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derektanktoday at 12:51 PM

I don’t know, the $166B in refunds returned to importers after the IEEPA tariffs were ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court seem pretty meaningful

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Tangurena2today at 1:28 PM

Congress is supposed to hold the Executive branch accountable. They deliberately refuse to do so because keeping their cult in power is all that matters to them.

lenerdenatortoday at 1:44 PM

Of course it does. For those trying to hold the administration to account, there's all sorts of laws.

Can't indict the President for unlawful acts during his term. Can't post pictures online about the President. Can't lawfully protest against ICE agents abducting people off the street.

noir_lordtoday at 12:35 PM

It's the Gish gallop applied to a legal/legislative system - it just can't keep up with the sheer volume of cases that would need to be brought to curtail even the worst of it and that's assuming that if/when it eventually gets in front of the supreme court that that "august" body actually does curtail it.

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mc32today at 12:43 PM

Right, like the student debt forgiveness. We hate the ones we disagree with and we love the ones we agree with.

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