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6 October
10:59 pm

Tariffs are a function of congress, not the function of the president.

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Troy Jackson, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

10:59 pm
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Why we checked itA constitutional/legal claim about the separation of powers over tariff authority — verifiable against constitutional text and statutory law, which grants the president significant delegated tariff authority.
What we foundThe constitutional power over tariffs does reside with Congress, but the claim overstates the case by ignoring the substantial and well-established body of statutory authority Congress has delegated to the President to impose tariffs under specific conditions.
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