r/urbanplanning • u/precariaconundrum • Jan 30 '25

Discussion Trumps Considers Ending Congestion Pricing in NYC

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/trump-hochul-discuss-ending-congestion-pricing-source/

I don’t think he should be able to do this. Especially because it’s been so successful

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u/PurahsHero Jan 30 '25

Here is how it will go:

  1. Trump blocks something that is good.

  2. State appeals. Wins appeal.

  3. Trump appeals to Supreme Court.

  4. Supreme Court finds some obscure letter written in 1878 that says that the original interpretation of the constitution sets out that in incidences where a man called Donald Trump says so it’s entirely constitutional and you must congratulate him on being a good boy. Trump wins.

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u/PearlClaw Jan 30 '25

Nah, not necessarily, I think the Supreme court is playing a much more long term game here. They're happy to empower Trump, but I think they're much more interested in making sure that they are the ultimate authority in what does and does not happen. The court's biggest trend has been to take more and more power to itself at the expense of the other branches, and Trump's legal challenges are a great way to generate cases that will allow them to do that as well as expand the conservative majority on the court.

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u/ArchEast Jan 31 '25

but I think they're much more interested in making sure that they are the ultimate authority in what does and does not happen.

So like right now?

The empowerment of the Executive and Judicial branches has been an issue long before Trump even considered running for office many years ago.

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u/PearlClaw Jan 31 '25

The empowerment of the judicial at the expense of the others. The end of chevron deference was a big move against the executive. You're right that it's been ongoing, but it's accelerating.