Joyce Vance On SCOTUS DESTROYING Trump's Tarriff Policy

Joyce Vance frames the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling as a rare but significant moment of resistance to Donald Trump’s broader effort to expand presidential power at Congress’s expense and to limit judicial review. She emphasizes that, unlike earlier “shadow docket” actions involving deportations and the National Guard, this fully briefed decision provides a detailed rationale for why Trump could not use a statute that never mentions tariffs to impose sweeping, indefinite levies—though she argues the case should have been unanimous and warns the Court isn’t a savior, just an institution protecting its own relevance. The discussion then pivots to the Epstein files, where Vance contends Attorney General Pam Bondi can try to declare the matter closed, but public pressure and congressional oversight can still force accountability, especially given survivor testimony and the possibility of future prosecutions or civil actions despite evidentiary and procedural hurdles. Throughout, she returns to the idea that citizens retain real power in a democracy—through sustained demands on elected officials, organizing, and patient community conversations—and that continued engagement is essential as major voting-rights and democracy-shaping cases loom.

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