US may owe $1 trillion in refunds if #SCOTUS cancels #Trump #tariffs - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/tariff-refunds-may-get-messy-if-trump-loses-supreme-court-fight/ " Tech industry primed for big refunds if SCOTUS rules against Trump tariffs. "
@glynmoody @JonChevreau this is reminding me when the Canadian government decide to not prosecute the RCMP a large criminal activity—I think it was political spying—because they would have to prosecute too many officers. Early 1980s.
If you are going to crime do it really big so you won’t get prosecuted.
Yeah, one thing that didn't get enough emphasis at SCOTUS oral arguments is that this refund process is already largely handled by US law.
It wouldn't cause chaos to issue the refunds since there are already systems in place to manage it. Adjustments are just part of life for these trade activities, so the refund would be just another adjustment, albeit a particularly large one.
The SCOTUS brought this up at argument, but I believe at the moment they misunderstood the answer.
Hopefully this was clarified starkly through briefs.
@glynmoody @JonChevreau
