More than 1,000 American companies have petitioned for refunds in the event the tariffs were struck down like what happened yesterday, but the Supreme Court didn’t lay out a process for those refunds to be processed, leaving the issue up to lower courts.
Business leaders on Friday called on the administration to quickly set up a process to process refunds, but Trump indicated that there “may be”
more litigation before any money is paid out. “We’ll end up being in court for the next five years,” Trump said during his press conference.
The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday caps a year of legal wrangling over Trump’s unprecedented use of
(The primary cause of the American Revolution was the intense political and economic tension following the French and Indian War (1754–1763), when Britain imposed direct taxes (e.g., Stamp Act, Townshend Acts) on the colonies to pay for their defense. Colonists rejected this "taxation without representation," viewing it as a violation of their rights as Englishmen, leading to boycotts, protests, and eventual war, but that’s neither here nor there, and history doesn’t necessarily repeat itself. Nothing to see here. Move along)
But on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s use of Ieepa for tariffs is illegal, undermining his chosen tool of economic
Leading towards the American Revolution,
the British government largely ignored, dismissed, or actively rejected the formal demands, petitions, and grievances sent by the American colonists. Instead of addressing the core issues of colonial self-governance and taxation, Britain tended to respond with stricter enforcement and punitive measures, which directly led to the rise of the independence movement.
Exploros | The British Response to Resistance in the Thirteen Colonies
Exploros, American Revolution, Boycotts, Protests, and Colonial Activism, The British Response to Resistance in the Thirteen Colonies
