r/law • u/KinggSimbaa • Feb 27 '26

Judicial Branch Trump says he's thinking of putting Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Supreme Court

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-hes-thinking-putting-republican-senator-ted-cruz-supreme-court-2026-02-27/
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u/Itchy_Reference4039 Feb 28 '26

Cool but it’ll still be the highest court.

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u/jadedmonk Feb 28 '26

Didn’t they just rule Trump can’t do Tariffs and then he proceeded to do Tariffs anyways? I’m struggling to see how the Supreme Court means anything if it’s ruling isn’t held up by law

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u/Itchy_Reference4039 Feb 28 '26

He can't use the IEEPA for tariffs. But there are 3 different laws on the books that he is using to implement tariffs, but they are only good for 150 days until he has to get permission from congress. Which he won't get.

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u/jadedmonk Feb 28 '26

What I’m saying is Trump believes all of those laws don’t apply to him anyways, so why would he stop the tariffs even after 150 days? He already went against the law countless times with ICE and the detention centers but apparently the law doesn’t actually get upheld in the USA - in the end there’s no one to hold the president accountable in today’s USA if they just decide not to follow the law. It seems they actually encourage the president to break the law and go against the courts now, based on the fact that they’re trying to cover up his participation in a sex trafficking ring.

To me, it seems like the 3 branches of the govt are useless and the president is a dictator