Two days ago, the SCOTUS finally got around to answering the question, Does Trump have the constitutional right to invoke tariffs without the approval with congress? Their answer was a 6-3 decision that said, No, The Very Stable Genius does not have the constitutional right to invoke tariffs without congressional approval.
They did this by examining the "major questions doctrine" which basically says that the president does not have power to act without specifically being granted the power to act by congress. This was the same doctrine they used when they told Biden he cold not forgive student loans.
Since a tariff is basically a tax and the constitution specifically grants congress the power to raise taxes, until congress tells the president he can raise taxes, he can't invoke tariffs.
It took the SCOTUS almost a year to decide this question and it looks like there is a reason it took a year. It's because they are all hypocrites.
It looks like SCOTUS is no longer a group of constitutional scholars providing a unbiased interpretation of the constitution. It looks like it is a body of politically-biased individuals who are all interpreting the constitution based on their political beliefs.
This, my friends, is a bad thing for the way our federation is designed to work. We are not a single country ruled by a single government. We are 50 indivudal states working together with the help of a federal government that was originally tasked with two things: "Provide a common defense" and "Regulate commerce between the numerous states."
The SCOTUS has always been a political middle ground between the two major political parties. It is supposed to look at the constitution and make decisions based solely on what the constitution says. For the last 20 years, it seems that branch of our government has become just like the other two branches of our government: hi ghly motivated by politics.
In other words, the Supreme Court was always the adult in the room. We don't seem to have that anymore which means we are now being governed by the children.
Spoiled, rotten, arrogant, self-centered little children who govern by the, "You guys are poopy-heads. I'm going to take my ball and go home!" form of government.
Today was the final day of the Olympics and I watched the mens hockey game between the US & Canada. I also watched the four-man bobsled which is three guys putting an immense amount of trust in one guy to drive like hell but not like a maniac.
It was, to say the least, a hell of a game.
It got a little sporty during the second period with several penalties being levied against both teams. As a matter of fact, at one point the US had two guys in the box, giving Canada a 5-on-3 advantage. Fortunately, the US penalty kill was successful and they held Canada scoreless. It wasn't until the end of the second period that Canada was able to sneak one past the goalie and tie the score 1-1.
The score remained 1-1 and the that is how regulation ended.
That meant sudden-death overtime and about 2 minutes into the OT period, the US put the puck in the net and won the gold medal.
There are several other events going on that will change this but as of noon today, the medal count looked like this:
The Red Sox played the Blue Jays this afternoon and managed to win the game 11-10.
Tomorrow they take on the the Rays and it looks like there is no television coverage of the game. It will only be carried by WEEI 850 am radio. The next televised game is Tuesday when they take on the Pirates.
On a personal note, the closer was a young man named Jay Allmer who is the grandson of a neighbor of mine. My neighbor Freddy must be over the top to see his grandson pitching in a MLB spring training game.
Having an invite to spring training is an indication the team see's something in him and they might be thinking about moving him up. He is currently assigned to the high-A Greenville Drive. If they promote him, it will be to the AA Portland Seadogs. Next step after that is AAA Worcester Red Sox.
Who knows, maybe we'll see him in a Red Sox game at some point this season.
Always exciting to see someone with a local connection.
I've moved The Beast up to the front of the garage and then ran a quick test of my generator.
I guess I'm about as ready as I can be for the alleged "blizzard" they are predicting for us.
Here are some links:
- Is there a plague or something in Greenland? Or is this yet another case of our dementia-adled president imagining things that don't exist and trying to make us all believe they are true?
- Speaking of our federal government and it's dementia....
- No one should care if he was elected the mayor of some small town. He used a fake ID and lied about who he is. I'm willing to bet they still don't know his real name.
- There sure are a lot of attempts on his life.
