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Comment by wasabi991011

12 hours ago

I don't think this tariffs are a good example of

> Americans believe their rights are God-given and protect them from their government

As I understand it, the unconstitutionality of tariffs is due to it being considered a tax so cannot be enforced by the executive branch. But there's no right being infringed if the other branches of government would have made them into law, nor is there anything that would stop the executive branch from implementing more restrictive trade barriers.