Supreme Court Case Proves TPA Constitutionality, Says NFTC Officials
Tea Party claims that Trade Promotion Authority is unconstitutional are categorically false, said National Foreign Trade Council officials in a Feb. 25 post, claiming a 1892 Supreme Court decision set constitutional precedent for the legislation. “The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities…
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Act of 2014, a recently introduced bill to modernize TPA, does not grant any additional powers to the President; it simply guides him on how to implement the authority Congress is exercising,” said the post. “And this is not speculation by overwrought supporters of TPA. This question has been litigated all the way to the Supreme Court in 1892 in the Field v. Clark ruling.” In the case, the Supreme Court ruled the president was constitutionally able to suspend certain tariff provisions because Congress initially enacted the suspension.