Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Why tariffs are likely to stay even if they’re challenged #Tariffs

Name: Why tariffs are likely to stay even if they’re challenged #Tariffs
Uploaded: 2026-01-29T21:19:27+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: A short policy commentary arguing that prolonged legal challenges to recently imposed tariffs tend to entrench the status quo, making wholesale reversals…

29 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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A short policy commentary arguing that prolonged legal challenges to recently imposed tariffs tend to entrench the status quo, making wholesale reversals or refunds unlikely. Experts cited suggest courts will probably uphold the current tariffs while narrowing future executive authority and signaling disapproval without undoing existing measures.

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At least they call themselves that. Yeah, Charlotte. So the, the, the point is, is that as it drags out, right, the status quo becomes or the new normal becomes more entrenched. And so what a lot of the again, the experts are saying is as this drags out, the likelihood of a major, you know, shutdown of, okay, the tariffs are illegal, you got to stop them immediately, you got to refund money. All of these sort of, sort of edge case maybe scenarios are not likely. And what's the most likely at this point as it drags on is for them to say the current tariffs are in fact legal and it should continue, can continue, but we are going to limit the executive authority to do this again in the future and there's going to be some changes on to how the executive authority so, you know, kind of a hand slap, hey, you shouldn't have done that. But we're not going to mess with it because it's entrenched, but we're going to make some changes so that maybe this doesn't happen again. And there's obviously other variants of that.