Meet the Press NOW — February 20
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I'M MELANIE ZANONA IN WASHINGTON , WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS LASHING OUT AT THE SUPREME COURT , THREATENING TO USE HIS POWER TO DESTROY ECONOMIC RIVALS AND VOWING A GLOBAL TARIFF IN RESPONSE TO THE SUPREME COURT TODAY DEALING A SERIOUS BLOW TO HIS SIGNATURE ECONOMIC POLICY , STRIKING DOWN MOST OF THE TARIFFS THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS IMPOSED . THE RULING RAISING MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE'S ECONOMIC AGENDA , AND ALSO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT HAS ALREADY COLLECTED FROM THOSE TARIFFS, WHICH ARE NOW DETERMINED TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL ? TWO OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPREME COURT PICKS , AS WELL AS CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS, JOINED THE COURT'S LIBERAL JUSTICES IN THE HISTORIC SIX THREE DECISION , RULING THAT THE PRESIDENT EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY IN USING BUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES WILL NOW BE USED TO REPLACE THE ONES THAT THE COURT INCORRECTLY REJECTED IMPOSE A 10% GLOBAL TARIFF UNDER SECTION 122 . OVER AND ABOVE OUR NORMAL TARIFFS ALREADY BEING CHARGED . AND WE'RE ALSO INITIATING SEVERAL SECTION 301 AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY FROM UNFAIR TRADING PRACTICES OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND COMPANIES . THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER . ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, IT WAS A FAIRLY CALM DAY ON WALL STREET , WITH STOCKS CLOSING SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON THE DAY . THE RULING PUTS MORE THAN JUST THE WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC AGENDA IN LIMBO . AS JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH NOTES IN HIS DISSENTING OPINION , THE COURT SAYS NOTHING TODAY ABOUT WHETHER AND IF SO, HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD GO ABOUT RETURNING THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT IT HAS ALREADY COLLECTED FROM THESE TARIFFS . PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING REPORTERS TODAY THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WILL BE TIED UP IN COURT FOR YEARS TO COME . THEY TAKE MONTHS AND MONTHS TO WRITE AN OPINION