#NealKatyal,who successfully argued @ #SCOTUS against Trump's signature policy,..used admin's own argumnt against Trump's new plan 2 circumvent the legal smackdown
"Seems hard 4 the Prez to rely on the 15% statue (sec 122) when his #DOJ in our case told Court the opposite: 'Nor does [122] have any obvious application here, where the concrns Prez identified in declaring emergency arise frm #trade deficits, which r conceptually distinct frm balance-of-payments deficits'"
To be clear, #Trump is accepting his defeat and agreeing to abide by the ruling. #SCOTUS itself pointed out that there were ways for presidents to impose tariffs, but he botched this one.
He's not circumventing the legal smackdown here. Instead, he's taking the hint and trying something different.
Sure, it looks like he'll botch this one too, but that's why it's important to emphasize how ineffective he really is.
