The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision last week in the consolidated lawsuits (Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump) challenging President Trump’s imposition of tariffs around the world cannot be said to be a salient pro-life matter. The arguments over the impact of tax levies and expenditures have an impact when their direct effect is on families (e.g., child tax credits and the new Trump saving accounts), but cases can be made on either side of the tariff debate that families will win or lose over the short- and long-run.
But there is a larger debate to be had over the underlying struggle in the great tariff clinch, and that is whether policy decisions on matters of taxation and spending are to be reserved largely for the legislative branch or for the executive branch — focusing on its views of national priorities, emergencies, or other exigencies.
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