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How do conservative constitutionalists feel about Trump's disregard of the Constitution in regards to tariffs?
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Article 1 section 8 grants Congress the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” and to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations”.
Today, Herr Orange said that he would levy a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on China. That will obviously make prices more expensive for everybody and would also spike inflation. Bad economic policies aside, how do conservatives justify this co-opting of legislative authority? Or is the Constitution just a document to be looked at when convenient?
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