[femiagbabiaka]

I would be surprised if the money was being held in escrow and could be refunded. Actually the Trump admin is using this as an argument to the SC as to why making the tariffs unconstitutional is a bad idea.

[Coffeewine]

Indeed. The moral of the story is that it’s ideal to do illegal acts which are difficult to undo, as it’ll give the judiciary greater pause.

[chrneu]

This reminds me of the quote

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

Kind of the same idea, sorta.