All In with Chris Hayes ‘Like a baby’: Schumer BLASTS Trump’s tantrum over tariff defeat
Feb 21, 2026
Tim Miller and Jason Johnson, political commentators weighing electoral fallout. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale leadership scholar on presidential behavior. David Levi, small-business owner who sued over tariffs. Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic leader on legislative implications. They discuss the Supreme Court tariff ruling, the president’s outraged response, who bears tariff costs, and the political stakes for upcoming elections.
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Court Reasserts Congress’s Tariff Authority
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's blanket tariff use was unconstitutional and requires Congress.
- That decision reasserts congressional authority over tariffs and curbs unilateral executive tax power.
Legislate To Restore Predictability
- Congress should pass legislation to stop the president from imposing broad tariffs unilaterally.
- Chuck Schumer urged Republicans to join Democrats to reassert Congress's tariff power for predictability.
Small Maker's Tariff Survival Story
- David Levi described how rising tariffs forced him to cut hours and slow production at his small electronics kit business.
- Joining the lawsuit that reached the Supreme Court gave him relief and clarity on tariffs' legality.