昨天的口头辩论,原告律师开头说了三个字: “Tariffs are taxes,”
Katyal said. “They take dollars from Americans’ pockets and deposit them in the US Treasury. Our founders gave that taxing power to Congress alone.” “关税就是税收,”卡蒂亚尔说。“它们从美国人的口袋里拿走美元,存入美国国库。我们的建国先贤仅仅赋予了国会这项征税权。”
原告律师讲完这段话不到三分钟,首席大法官罗伯茨即表示同意: 是的,关税是税,是国会的一项核心权力。 “The vehicle is imposition of taxes on Americans and that has always been the core power of Congress," Roberts said.