The Supreme Court recently made headlines by ruling against former President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, declaring them illegal. This significant legal decision directly impacts economic policy, prompting immediate reactions from various sectors and the public.
News outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post reported on Trump’s response to the ruling, where he imposed a 10% global tariff and criticized the justices involved in the decision. Such actions from a high-profile political figure often drive increased public interest and concern, leading to a surge in search activity.
CNN also provided live updates on the ruling, further fueling the urgency and relevance of the topic. The complexity of the issue, combined with its implications for international trade and relations, has naturally led to heightened search interest as individuals seek to understand the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s decision.
With over 500,000 searches recorded, the convergence of legal, political, and economic factors surrounding this Supreme Court ruling has captured widespread attention, reflecting its impact on national and global discussions.
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>In his dissent, Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that the court said “nothing today about whether, and if so how, the government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers.” >The issue of refunds has loomed large over the case, with Trump administration officials saying that potential repayments could have devastating consequences for the US economy. >“That process is likely to be a ‘mess,’” Kavanaugh wrote. [https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs](https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs) So because the process will be difficult we shouldn’t enforce the law? What a shameless stooge he is.
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So, it was just a shakedown of the lower and middle class.
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Always is.
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Always has been 🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
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Yep. Money is going to the importers who already passed along costs to consumers. Reimbursement is staying with them. And I’d be surprised if prices even go back to pre-tariff levels. And the government has already spent the money, so tax payers are on the hook for the extra debt too. Plus, now Trump can blame every bad thing on this ruling whether it has anything to do with it or not. Inflation up, blame SC. Out of a job, blame the SC. It’s a clusterfck all around for 95% of us.
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prices will never go down once they have been increased.
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That was a statement from Kavanaugh that surprised me. It’s not the Supreme Court’s responsibility to determine how to bail the executive branch out of this mess. You broke it, you fix it. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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Ah, the good old, “you’ve fucked this up so badly we have no choice except to reward you for the bad behavior” argument.
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“We slow walked this as long as possible, and you failed to get your captured legislature to officially sign off, so we have to rule against you. But as a treat, and because I know you didn’t keep records (nudge-nudge), you can keep all the money.
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The thing is, with taxes, the taxpayer (tariffpayer) keeps track (inherently, to ensure they are not double-taxed) And that is who brings the lawsuit to recover the damages. Hiding evidence makes the damages worse
M
“If you owe the bank 1000$ and can’t pay – you’re fucked. If you owe the bank a billion $ – the bank is fucked.”
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In fact, it’s something the right has routinely criticized the court for in the past (proscribing solutions). Now, I don’t know if Kavanaugh himself numbers amongst that group, but it is odd. The executive branch can attempt to clean the mess they made, and the specifics of how to correct it for businesses will likely be determined in civil suits.
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This is like when Mike Johnson said it will be too difficult for ICE to get so many judicial warrants, that’s why they don’t.
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You want the restaurant to clean ALL the forks? That’ll hurt menu prices!
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We’ve already allowed all these rats to nest in here! It would cost so much to call pest control now.
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Maybe, just maybe, they shouldn’t have implemented policies they didn’t think all the way through…
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That would require both foresight and learning from past mistakes, so not an option.
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It was very well thought out, though: people like Lutnick made a lot of profit.
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We’ll waste billions and murder our own citizens to deport *legal* immigrants, but giving back money they wrongfully took is too hard. Importers know exactly how much they paid in tariffs. We the people can’t tell and have no recourse to get our dollars back.
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If Kavanaugh thought that refunds would be a mess then it was on the SCOTUS to have issued an injunction against the Trump admin stopping these tariffs. They didn’t because firstly they’re cowards. Secondly they knew Trump wouldn’t care and would have kept the Tariffs anyway, causing them to have to have a snit about judicial authority and pretend they were shocked about Trump not giving AF about the constitution. People are celebrating but this decision in no way indicates that Trump will back down. When has Judicial Review mattered to him before? When the alternative is just ignoring them? There’s no downside for Trump in this. His base is a too stupid to know the difference, and anyway he’s about to steal the midterms no matter what.
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This is really an indictment against the courts for not allowing a stay to remain in place. Justice delayed is justice denied. The courts have no ability to protect the country from a bad faith executive.
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This is why there should have been an emergency injunction on these tariffs. We have been suffering under an illegal order for months and we get no recompense.
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[https://natlawreview.com/article/scotus-decision-nationwide-injunctions-trump-v-casa-and-its-impact-federal](https://natlawreview.com/article/scotus-decision-nationwide-injunctions-trump-v-casa-and-its-impact-federal) On June 27, 2025, **the U.S. Supreme Court significantly limited federal courts’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions** in [Trump v. Casa](https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_new_5426.pdf) (No. 24A884). This landmark decision fundamentally reshapes federal litigation practices, particularly in cases challenging federal executive orders and regulations, by restricting injunctions strictly to parties directly involved in specific lawsuits.
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In other words, there was until the SC decided there wasn’t.
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And the SC should be punished for it. It pushed us towards authoritarianism.
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Yes that’s what all of the conservative justices are being paid to do frankly I’m surprised there were only 3 dissenters… Maybe this was part of the plan to get more money in billionaires pickets because the tariffs will be repaid but not passed on to consumers…free money for the Waltons and the like
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The POS Lutnick has had his son all over it. [“If the President’s tariffs are ultimately declared unlawful, companies that paid the tariffs may be entitled to a refund of those duties from the U.S. Government. Public reporting indicates that Cantor has offered companies the opportunity to trade their legal claim to a future tariff refund in exchange for twenty to thirty percent of the duties the company paid … “](https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-warren-probe-lutnick-firms-potential-conflicts-of-interest-related-to-massive-tariff-bets) so they will collect on the multi billions of dollars of refunds.
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Watch, only the companies that signed up for that will get processed for refunds, ensuring that Lutnick et al gets our money.
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This. And it does nothing for the businesses that closed because of the tariffs.
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And the hiked prices will *never* go down.
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Heads they win, tails we lose.
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Best we can hope for is they stay flat for a while until wages catch up, which isn’t a great scenario to be hoping for.
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With all the layoffs the worker pool is greater so the companies have all the leverage so wages aren’t gonna catch up. Not any time soon. It’s all by design
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Absolutely inexcusable why the SC limited nationwide injunctions. This is the perfect example of “Bad precedent going into effect that will have irreparable damage that is going to be overturned” Issuing refunds is going to be herculean if that is deemed to be the remedy. If the SC had allowed an injunction on this to stand, it wouldn’t have been an issue. But instead, they try for the Wall Street Gamble, eliminate the injunction, and argue in their dissent “it’s too big of an issue to fix so we should let them do it” What a crock of shit.
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… So three justices still ruled that Trump had powers that weren’t given to him by literally any legal basis?
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They’re the 3 most compromised/corrupt so it’s no surprise.
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I didn’t even look at the final decision yet but Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh I’m guessing?
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Yes
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Literally no basis in any law. They just want a dictatorship, as long as it’s far-right; fuck legal precedents, according to these ghouls
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Argument was literally “but fixing this will be hard.” So you should have ruled sooner then.
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So $175 billion in illegal tariffs that caused companies to raise prices. Now those companies will sue and and get $175 billion in refunds that come out of our tax payers wallet. And THEN they’ll keep the prices the same as they are now as if the tariffs are still in place. Even the good news comes with the bitter pill now.
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What happens now? Are the tarrifs just gone? Do companies get their tarrif money refunded? Will prices go down, or was this just a way for Americans to be charged more and a way for companies to increase their profit margins? Was this just a big grift on American consumers all along? The stock market is going to go wild. Billionaires have made a lot of money today. My prediction is that the average American will see very little relief in the checkout lines, while companies have substantially increased their profit margins.
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> What happens now? Are the tarrifs just gone? Do companies get their tarrif money refunded? The tariffs are gone. However, refunds are a more complicated story. Not only will it get messy to try and properly refund all tariffs in the first place, many of the refunds won’t even go to the companies that originally paid the tariffs. That’s because there has been trade of “tariff refund rights” on Wall Street. Basically, it’s someone going to a company and saying “You’ve paid $100 in tariffs. I give you $20 right now if you sign over the rights to any potential refunds of that $100 to me.” The company gets money right away, and the buyer of the rights makes a gamble on whether the refund will happen or not. Now that it seems that refunds will happen, those that bought these refund rights will make a hefty profit. But the companies that originally paid the tariffs and sold their refund rights already got their money some time ago and won’t get any more. Oh, and a major player in the refund rights trade? A company headed by the Lutnick family (yes, Commerce Secretary Lutnick). [source](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutnick-family-angling-to-make-astronomical-sums-off-court-nixing-tariffs)
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>Oh, and a major player in the refund rights trade? A company headed by the Lutnick family (yes, Commerce Secretary Lutnick) Jesus fucking christ…
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I bought some car parts from the UK, and DHL made me personally pay very substantial tariffs. Will I be able to try to claim a refund as an individual consumer?
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Did you pay the money to DHL? You might have to pursue DHL for them if DHL gets refunded and doesn’t refund you.
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100% pursue DHL. I bought a ring for my wife last year and FedEx gave me the bill. I’m getting my money back if they get theirs.
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Are you a billion dollar corporation?
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Prices NEVER go back down to where they were. Never. The Republicans just turboed inflation over the course of a year and complain about Biden. It’s incredible to watch.
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