< Notes...

This is not to say that we are out of trouble. Far from that, we are in a deep, deep mess. I don’t think our democracy will survive. Yet, if it weren’t for our judges (not the sycophant ones), we would be in much much worse shape as a nation.

“On Wednesday, the Court of International Trade, the primary federal legal body overseeing such matters, found that Mr. Trump’s tariffs “exceed any authority granted” to the president by the emergency powers law. Ruling in separate cases brought by states and businesses, a bipartisan panel of three judges essentially declared many, but not all, of Mr. Trump’s tariffs to have been issued illegally.”

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