I agree with the opinion in this substack. The statute was too vague and it was just sitting there waiting to be abused - probably for some green agenda BS as was suggested. Dem administrations have consistently used vague legislative language to create regulations out of thin air, particularly with regards to environmental issues. So two birds were killed with this one stone - cutting off the Dems from further abuse of these poorly written statutes while at the same time continuing to collect tariffs.

Bessent especially, never seemed too concerned about all this. They have said for some time that they had tariff alternatives in the pipeline should IEEPA be rolled back. Yes, it will be a little messy going forward and the lawsuits are already starting to pile up. But, the administration was prepared for that scenario and they are not going to miss a beat.