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The Supreme Court ruling on tariffs is the most significant check on executive trade authority in decades. The implications go far beyond the immediate policy question.

Worth noting: this ruling doesn't eliminate tariffs. It says the president needs congressional authorization for broad-based tariffs. Targeted tariffs under existing statutes remain intact.

Markets are reacting positively but the real question is what happens when Congress actually has to vote on trade policy. That's where this gets interesting.

The contrarian take: this ruling might actually help the administration long-term by forcing Congress to own the trade policy debate.

“The media empire built by former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government is swiftly unravelling following an election last month ​that abruptly ended his rule... Senior figures at some of the most prominent pro-Orban ‌outlets have been pushed out. www.reuters.com/business/med...”

“My CNN colleagues and I looked into the White House press secretary’s highly dubious claim that President Trump stopped $50 million in planned funding for “condoms in Gaza.” Here are five big reasons to be skeptical the claim is true: www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/p...”

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“While reporting on a large police presence breaking up a protest outside Delaney Hall ICE facility in New Jersey, Ali Velshi is escorted away by police.”

“The president made more than 20 false claims during his various Inauguration Day remarks. Fact check: www.cnn.com/politics/fac...”

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