Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit
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Mike is correct, however, there's another way to view what SCOTUS is doing here.
Time and again they've been asked by frantic UniParty politicians to deny deny DENY that Trump has authority to do something.
And each time up until now, after it's been kicked around by the lower federal courts, what have we seen the SCOTUS do when they finally decide the matter for good by issuing a vote and an opinion?
AFFIRM THE PRESIDENT DOES INDEED HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.
Fire those people, make those appointments, cut those funds, deport these illegals, etc. etc.
If the trend holds, SCOTUS agreed to take this case after those determined to take Trump's tariff powers away from him so they could AFFIRM he does indeed have the authority since Congress ditched it long ago.
Now Congress is suing to force Trump to give up that tariff power and hand it back to them.
Because a lot of people don't understand what they're watching, and they're instantly accepting the framing being provided to them by people generating clickbait, they don't understand how the questioning went today.
They ask BOTH pro and con questions for both positions being argued by the two sides.
Bessent isn't blowing smoke when he said he was ENCOURAGED by how it went today.
Gorsuch and Kavanaugh and Thomas and Barrett all asked questions that had to do with the Congress giving that power up and only being determined to get it back from Trump now because of the MASSIVE REVENUES he is generating for the country with the tariffs.
Their questions also showed what an utter mess would unfold if the SCOTUS agreed to do what Congress wants, take the tariff power away from Trump and rule all his tariffs since April as having been RETROACTIVELY VOIDED.
Instantly thousands of lawsuits would erupt from people seeking damages and Trump would be faced with having to pay back ALMOST 70 BILLION to the countries hit with these tariffs.
They're literally showing you how insane it would be to reverse this, but all The Usual Suspects out there driving clickbait are framing this to you as if the SCOTUS intends to make this happen.
They ask questions and explore alternative scenarios to test the legal team of both sides, but amateurs who are listening in and thinking they are reading the tea leaves will tell you this or that line of questioning shows how the SCOTUS is going to vote.
I've been at this and covering SCOTUS cases as a journalist [since 2012] to know this isn't the case.
They're asking the questions to establish the positions of the different parties, and you go wrong when you think this establishes HOW the Justice is going to vote.
It seems this SCOTUS will not be announcing it's vote and releasing it's opinion on this particular case until around June of 2026, so don't hold your breath, OK?
Nov 6, 2025 · 12:15 AM UTC
https://nitter.poast.org/drawandstrike/status/1986225925458174140#m