The big story of the day was, of course, the 6-3 (with the usual suspects falling where you'd usually suspect) that Trump's tariffs under IEEPA were illegal, that they are a tax and he cannot impose that tax without legislative consent. Liberal's cheered; he was not amused. PJM's Sarah Anderson, Supreme Court Makes a Decision on Tariffs "On Friday morning, the Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump's broad tariffs, which he imposed through a series of executive orders, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), declaring that the 1977 law does not authorize the president to unilaterally impose sweeping import duties as a tool for addressing trade deficits, national security, or emergencies like fentanyl flows." Althouse, Trump loses the tariff case. Da Signal, Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs Core to Trump Economic Agenda. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, NEW: SCOTUS Kills Trump Tariffs ... For Now. Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Rule 6-3 Against President Trump’s IEEPA Tariff Authority – The “Regulate” Opinion. By 6-3 Vote, Supreme Court Rules All of Trump's Tariffs Illegal "Of course Roberts and Coney-Barrett joined the left. I don't know why we say "joined the left." They're on the left."
Amy Curtis at TownHall, Here's What President Trump Had to Say About the Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling "The Supreme Court's ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I'm ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed, for not having the courage to do what's right for our country," President Trump said. "When you read the dissenting opinions, there's no way that anyone can argue against them." Sarah Anderson, Trump Responds to Supreme Court's Decision on Tariffs. Sundance has President Trump Expresses Disappointment and Determination and hosts President Trump Holds a Press Availability on the Issue of Tariffs.
Bruce Mehlman @bpmehlman, "There will be tariffs. Even without IEEPA, the existing tariff toolbox is robust. David Sacks @DavidSacks, "Trump has already maxxmogged by finding multiple alternate bases for the tariffs, thereby reclaiming aura and rugging premature celebration by jestergooning Democrats." Quote Keith @nagy_minaj "BREAKING: Trump brutally lawmogged by SCOTUS for tariffmaxxing, a decision sure to spike White House’s cortisol". Matt Vespa at TownHall observes a Law Professor's Take on the SCOTUS Decision on Tariffs Will Likely Not Please the Libs. Townhall.com @townhallcom, "JONATHAN TURLEY: "There's a lot of runway still for the administration..." "The administration has other tools in its toolbox. It CAN actually impose tariffs under other statutes!"" Dershowitz to Newsmax: Trump Can Recast Tariffs Under Article II Powers. Victory Girls, SCOTUS Tariff Ruling Is Not Quite The Win Democrats Think It is. From Sundance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Outlines “Multiple Tools” Now Deployed in Tariff Policy – Sec. 232, 301 and 122 Explained. In a Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump Activates 'Backup Plan' After Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs. From News Wax, Trump Signs Order Imposing 10 Percent Global Tariff.
Capt. Ed, Schumer Shutdown Blues Hits Q4 GDP: 1.4%. Ace, Democrats Shut Down DHS, Attempting to Force Trump to Accept Biden's Open Borders Regime As the Law of the Land. At USA Today, Trump's economy is resilient. So why doesn't he get more credit? A couple leading reasons. First, the "mainstream" press is constantly harping on any perceived negatives and Democrats (about half the population) will never believe it. Second is pure inertia; it takes a while for people to feel better after the economy improves. Driscoll at Insty, has a DISPATCH FROM TRUDEAUPIA: Out of nowhere, Canada became poorer than Alabama. How is that possible? Lucy Hargreaves @lucyhargreaves4, "Alabama's unemployment rate is 2.7%. Canada's is 6.5%. Alabama now manufactures nearly as many cars as Ontario. How did the one of the poorest states in the US start outcompeting us? The Globe went down there to find out. The short version: Alabama spent 30 years treating economic development like a serious strategy... landing investments, making it fast and easy to build, and clawing back incentives from companies that didn't deliver. Canada spent the same 30 years writing reports about competitiveness and then not acting on them." Stacy McCain ascribes it to What Happens When Liberals ‘Succeed’, specifically linking it to immigration of low education, low income, welfare requiring immigrants. William Meijer @williameijer, "“Migrants tend to make the economies they move to a lot like the ones they left.” — @GarettJones."
VodkaPundit at Insty says HMM: Trump Weighs ‘Limited’ Iran Strike to Convince Tehran to Sign a Nuclear Deal. "Other reports claim Trump is considering a weeks-long air campaign. Both could be true, but the idea is probably to keep the mullahs guessing — and worried." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed cites WSJ: Trump Considers 'Limited' Opening Strike As Iran Stalls but Dave Strom says I Would Bet on Trump Striking Iran Soon, and 'Limited' Will Not Be in the Vocabulary. Bluster loudly and wave an even bigger stick. Ace, Trump: "Bad Things" Will Happen to Iran If They Don't Agree to Stop Producing Uranium, Building Long-Range Missiles, and Funding Hamas; Meanwhile, the USS Ford Closes In on Iran, "Is Trump ready to strike Iran? I don't put a lot of stock in Lindsey Graham's insane, low-T ramblings, but he claims the decision to strike has already been made:" Capt. Ed catches NYT whining Trump Is 'Strangling Cuba.' Stop! I already like him! At OilPrice.com, Why Chevron Is Betting Big on Venezuela’s Heavy Crude.
At the Chronic, Rubio’s Call for Europe to Renew the West Falls on Deaf Ears. At Am Con, The Trump Admin Is Serious About Western Civilization. Sarah Anderson, Firing Rubio? Trump's Got Jokes, and He's Having a Darn Good Time. From Althouse, Why Conan O'Brien says Trump is "bad for comedy. "In other words, Trump is already funny, so it's obtuse to build a joke on top of that."
Also at Althouse, Trump gets out ahead of Obama on the subject of aliens — extraterrestrial aliens. "Yesterday, Peter Doocy prompted Trump with the same question Obama recently answered: "Barack Obama said that aliens are real. Have you seen any evidence of non-human visitors to Earth?" Trump did not answer the question asked."
From Twitchy, We Feel SHOCKED: Latest Epstein BOMBSHELL Lands Right on Democrat Stacey Plaskett's HEAD.
PJM's Matt Margolis says Really? This Is Who Democrats Chose to Deliver Their State of the Union Response? Spamberger. Althouse is intrigued by Gavin Newsom and the 7 Women. The London Times, The seven women who have shaped Gavin Newsom’s life. Meanwhile, WUWT reports California Importing Foreign Fuel After Running Refineries Out Of Town. Dave Strom hears Congressional Democrats Introduce 'Trans Bill of Rights' Protecting Child Mutilation. Ace, Congressional Democrats Will Introduce Law to Assert Some Unknown Federal Power to Regulate State Health Codes, and Insist That Hospitals Must Continue Mutilating Children's Genitals and Breasts, "Such terrific people." Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "New Yorkers waking up FAST buyer’s remorse is REAL after voting for socialist Zohran Mamdani. He campaigned on “tax the rich, not you” now he’s threatening a 9.5% property tax hike on EVERYONE to cover his massive budget hole. NYC got played." Jason Curtis Anderson @JCAndersonNYC, "NYC employs 364,000 government employees, of which only 31% of are white. What is the point of the office of racial equity? To reduce that number to zero?" Quote Mamdani Watch @MamdaniWatch, "Some parts of Zohran Mamdani’s budget: • $5.6M for Office of Racial equity • $4.6M for Commission on Racial Equity • $835K on the Commission of Gender Equity."
Matt Margolis, Susan Rice Reveals Democrats’ Terrifying Plan for When They Return to Power. Revenge on anyone who helped Trump. She promises to do it legally, like Alvin Bragg, Letitia James and Fani Willis. ""If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are gonna, you know, play by the old rules, and say, 'Oh, never mind, we'll forgive you for all the people you've fired, all the policies and principles you've violated, all, you know, the laws you've skirted,' I think they've got another thing coming," Rice said." Rod Dreher @roddreher, "This is important. It signals the kind of dynamic that gripped Spain in first half of 1930s, as the govt of the Republic lurched btw Left and Right. Eventually, both sides hated each other so much that civil war was inevitable. Watch this for background: https://youtu.be/Lu5f9hp0IP4?si=X3lX2i04Dnsf7VyP" Quote amuse @amuse, "WEAPONIZATION: Susan Rice lays out her vision of a post-Trump America where supporters are rounded up and sent to reeducation camps or prisons." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "The impulse for retribution. There’s a tone you hear right before a civilization ages out. It isn’t the sound of defeat. It’s the sound of score settling. When leaders talk about what they’ll do to their enemies once they “come back,” you’re not listening to governance. You’re listening to something different. Law used to be a wall. Now it’s a blade people argue over who gets to swing. The dangerous part isn’t left or right. It’s the hunger. The need to make someone pay. The belief that power exists to avenge humiliation. That’s not how republics talk in their prime. In their prime, they talk about building, defending, expanding horizons. Pushing the envelope. When they’re tired, they talk about punishing. . . "
From Ace, China Is Sending Pregnant Women to the US to Give Birth, Have Their Children Declared American Citizens, Move Back to China, and Then Have Them Vote in US Elections When They Reach Age 18 "Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer, who previously exposed how much cash congressmen were taking on the sly, reports that China is directing CCP-connected pregnant women to engage in "birth tourism." They "dip a toe" into the US to have a baby, get that baby certified as a citizen, and the bring it to China to be raised under the communist system as a loyal communist stooge."
At Splice Today, Mark Judge claims The Washington Post Has No Swagger and at Hat Hair remembers an NYT Reporter on Kavanaugh Smears: 'I’ve Been Grappling with Colleagues over This for Years Now'. And Another Thing, NPR and PBS didn't need your money "Champagne appetites in a Kool-Aid economy." "of the more than 1,000 television and radio stations that make up the country’s public media system, only one has closed since the CPB was defunded. A second closure is expected later this year. This is odd. They told us the budget cuts would kill us all. No, wait. Sorry. That was net neutrality. "
Stacy McCain, ‘He Was Mr. BLM’, the rise and fall of Wesley Lowery. "Behind all this success, however, it appears that Lowery had a drinking problem and also a woman problem — the two problems were not unrelated — and while womanizing drunks have never been rare in the world of journalism, you can’t do that if you’re a university professor, because Title IX essentially criminalizes male heterosexual behavior. . . Almost like a metaphor or something." From Da College Fix, Police refute claim that black Virginia Tech professor was victim of racist attack.
At NYPo, Karol Markowicz argues The rise in transgender killers proves that we have a major mental health crisis unfolding. John Sexton, Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of Trans Bathroom Law.
Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.20.26 (Morning Edition).
