Published August 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM ET · Updated August 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM ET
Trump threatens federal action against Mamdani pied-à-terre tax
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President Trump threatened to take federal action to stop Mamdani's proposed pied-à-terre tax.
Patriot Watch first flagged this story 21 hr ago, when Vox reported it. Coverage has since grown to 3 independent outlets, including 1 wire/mainstream feed. The most recent report came 3 hr ago from The Gateway Pundit.
⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Youngstown Sheet & Tube held the President had no constitutional or statutory authority to seize the steel mills; that was a lawmaking act for Congress alone. Under the accepted Youngstown framework, presidential power is strongest with congressional authorization and weakest against it. Any federal move to block a state or city tax hinges on whether Congress has authorized it.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. et al. (The Steel Seizure Case) 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
Vote: 6-3 · Opinion: Black
The President had no constitutional or statutory authority to seize the steel mills. The seizure was a lawmaking act that the Constitution entrusts to Congress alone; the Commander-in-Chief power and the executive power/take-care clauses do not authorize the President to take possession of private property to settle a labor dispute, especially where Congress has provided other procedures (Taft-Hartley) and refused to authorize seizure. District Court judgment affirmed.
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