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A federal court killed the tariffs — and the media called it in four hours

published · May 8, 4:36 PM · $0.00 total · published 51d ago

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A federal court just ruled Trump's 10% tariffs are illegal. The same court system that rubber-stamped FISA abuse, let the Hunter laptop die, and called J6 an insurrection is now very concerned about legal authority. Mike's angle: the media treated this ruling as settled constitutional law within four hours. The button: when the deep state wants a result, it finds a judge.

Major tariff ruling is the top story and directly in Mike's media-callout lane. Courts as political tools is a core MAGA grievance. Fresh angle — no recent court-callout pieces in the window.

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The Court of International Trade issued a 2–1 ruling Thursday: Trump's 10% across-the-board tariffs are 'invalid and unauthorized by law.' By evening, every legacy outlet was treating it like Marbury v. Madison. Constitutional scholars on TV. Chyrons about the rule of law. The whole production.

These are the same institutions that spent four years telling you the FISA warrant on Carter Page was routine, that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinfo, that COVID modeling justified locking your kid out of school for two years. They didn't find the rule of law in any of those rooms. They found it Thursday. Fast.

The case itself is narrow. Two plaintiffs — a Florida toy company and a New York spice importer — won relief. Twenty-four Democratic-led states asked for a broader injunction and got nothing, no standing. The administration is appealing. This isn't over. But that's not the story they're running. The story they're running is: 'courts have spoken, comply.' When the result is what they want, a 2–1 trade court split is settled constitutional law. Take note.

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A 2–1 trade court ruling is now settled constitutional law. Funny how that works. #tariffs #america #media #manufacturing

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