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  • Bessent: Unlikely Supreme Court will overrule tariffs, Trump’s ‘signature economic policy’

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    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said it’s “very unlikely” that the Supreme Court will overturn President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs, with a potential decision from the court looming as early as this week. “I believe that it is very unlikely that the Supreme Court will overrule a president’s signature economic policy,” Bessent said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “They did not overrule Obamacare, I believe that the Supreme Court does not want to create chaos.” In June, the Supreme Court upheld a key Affordable Care Act provision that set up a panel to ... (full story)

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The Fool
Jan 18, 2026 6:23pm
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Quoting Trader#E52D
Bessent is a misspelling of a word meaning bovine excrement.
gay billionaire and Soros protege Scotty Bessent is one of the few in the Trump 2.0 cabinet who is not mentally challenged. His ethics are perhaps another story.
The Fool
Jan 18, 2026 4:31pm
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SCOTUS will ignore law and defer to the Monarch.
Nick.
Jan 19, 2026 2:05am
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Is Europe going to let these cocksuckers intimidate them? There's nothing but fagots in that administration. All blowing each other off.
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DwnUndrTrdr
Jan 18, 2026 5:28pm
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“ Thay don’t want to cause chaos “…Oh the irony!
Trader#E52D
Jan 18, 2026 5:23pm
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Bessent is a misspelling of a word meaning bovine excrement.
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