Ellison: Scotus has hit “major blow” to Trump

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s attorney general, Keith Ellison, praised the U.S. Supreme Court opinion outlawing President Trump’s erratic tariff policies that have disrupted the global economy. Ellison called the Court’s 6-3 opinion “a vindication of the work my fellow attorneys general and I have been doing for over a year now to rein in this lawless president.” Ellison noted that Minnesotans, as well as others, have. suffered from Trump’s trade disruptions: Agricultural export markets have dried uo. Consumer prices have soared. Geopolitical stability has been shaken. Trump’s rationale for sweeping tariff hikes — a never defined “national emergency” — was always dubious, Ellison said:

“From the start, it was clear that Trump had manufactured emergencies to justify his tariffs. I refused to stand by while he broke the law and saddled hardworking Minnesotans with higher costs. That’s why I took action — filing a lawsuit alongside 11 other attorneys general to stop him.”

Trump was plainly deflated at the Court ruling — and also angry to point of making no sense. To news reporters he called Court majority “unpatriotic,” although failing to define or explain the tern. He also said the majority had fallen under foreign forces but provided no evidence. Pundits’ conclusion: Typical Trump blustery but empty rhertoric.