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How Can He Tariff? (Emily Ley Paper, Inc. v. Trump)

April 7, 2025·8K views·494 likes·156 comments
President Trump has announced widespread tariffs on dozens of countries. But the U.S. Constitution doesn't grant the POTUS the power to implement tariffs. Let's discuss. Join the Lawful Masses community on Discord! https://discord.gg/cUqVPzQFub Lawful Masses is 100% community-supported! Thanks for all of your help! Please consider supporting on Patreon.com/ljfrench, through YouTube membership, Floatplane subscription, or Twitch membership. April 2025 supporters: "Counselor" Level: Eevi, John Steel, Ugly Grill, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, Kyle Siefring "Advocate" Level: Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Brian Flowers, playceholder, Meaningless, John Swanson, tdis8629, matthew beller, Schi-Schi, Kreachers, admalledd, Dawn Massaro Guy, Guy Chapman, Laura Hertzman, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, JH, Cindy Campbell, Mark Randall, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Tony Cruickshank, Stefan Persson, Alexander Sihn, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, Brody Eastwood, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, TEEKAY, Rico Robbins, Kai Raphahn, Andrew FastLizard4 Adams, David Zaslavsky, Jessica Pearson, Kean, AniLunchbox, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., Brian, Jack Draak, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Alan Nise, The Disturbed Angel, Raindrop Works, Chris Hilliard, eyebrows360, Eric Barker, Gef the Mongoose, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, DrakeDT, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, DrJKL, varia, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, cwestpha, Violet Bosveld, Tymorus, Bryan Lubeck, Alisdair Meredith, akamrboone, Kris Hetzel, Christina B, Jennifer and David Brock, Blueberry Hill, Andrew, arkiandruski, Rita Loy, Mian, Bee Geiger, lol3145, crystalvala, Michael White, Curtis Donelson, Teryn Bence, B-System, Caleb Begly Fun and Tech, Dean Maurer 00:00 - Who has the power to Tariff? 00:40 - The U.S. Constitution grants Powers 02:42 - Congress has the Power to Tariff 03:30 - The Oath of Office 05:12 - The New Civil Liberties Alliance Press Release 06:23 - The Lawsuit: Emily Ley Paper, Inc v. Donald Trump 15:03 - Emergency Powers invalid for Four Reasons 22:06 - The Counts 22:47 - Prayer for Relief 24:04 - Case Status 24:35 - Leonard Thoughts