Trump revealed that he would impose an additional 10 percent global levy while keeping the remaining ones in place, blatantly flouting the judicial order.
Of course. That was pretty obvious for anyone who knows about gow fascist dictatorships work. Congress is gridlocked, he has his own Gestapo on the streets, police departments are mostly staffed by MAGAts, corporate media rolled over and gave up the fight. So who’s gonna stop him ?
Not additional, and it’s not flouting the order because they had a different law to issue them under, ready to go. It’s all part of a plan. This will need to be separately challenged and litigated to the Supreme Court. Even though the ruling is that taxation doesn’t lie with the executive. Trump’s lawyers are idiots but the Heritage Foundation’s aren’t.
Did the supreme court say he has to give the money back? Because he collected tariffs for an entire year until the trial made it’s way to the SC. Also if he declares new tariffs does that mean it will take another year until those are struck down?
I don’t believe that it was explicitly stated that refunds had to happen, but the avoidance of that possibility was a motivation of the dissent.
In his dissent, Kavanaugh wrote that “the refund process is likely to be a mess”, which operates under the assumption that refunds remain on the table now that Trump’s tariffs were ruled unconstitutional.
I’m guessing it will come down to individual lawsuits by the affected parties against the Trump administration to make the specific case that refunds are needed and justified. If a few succeed, that sets the precedent for more. At that point, the government may decide to simply set up a refund program to reimburse folks and try to save some money by not challenging every claim in court.
Some was context pulled from this NPR article:
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/21/g-s1-110987/supreme-court-tariffs-refunds
At that point, the government may decide to simply set up a refund program to reimburse folks and try to save some money by not challenging every claim in court.
Doubtful. This administration has no problems spending lots and lots of money if it aligns with the Monarch’s decrees. And if there are two things Trump values, it’s tariffs, and blind loyalty. They will aggressively challenge everyone who is not letting Trump grab them by the pussy.
Can we start a citizen class action lawsuit to get refunds for everyone?
Not additional.
