Why Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs are Illegal
They weren't authorized by Congress and go against the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
They weren't authorized by Congress and go against the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
And he did it after Israel dropped all its tariffs on American goods.
A small but growing bipartisan movement in the Senate is pushing back against the president's imposition of tariffs, but there's plenty of room to go further.
The nonsensical list of territories subject to the White House's new "reciprocal" tariffs shows how amateurish the administration's new trade policy is.
What tariffs on Singapore, Brazil, and Vietnam can tell us about how Trump misunderstands the value of trade.
Lower-income families who spend the largest shares of their income on goods—and who have been badly hurt from the recent inflation—will likely suffer the most.
Trump's first trade war cost farmers $27 billion. Losses this time around could be higher.
A new global survey reveals a stark decline in Americans' support for free speech as the Trump administration tightens its grip on expression.
Evan Bernick's third in a series of guest-blogging posts on birthright citizenship.
If tariffs are so great, why has Trump shown a willingness to back down from his threats if other countries agree to certain conditions?
The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.
The Liberty Justice Center and I are looking for appropriate plaintiffs to bring this type of case. LJC (a prominent public interest law firm) can represent them pro bono.
Polls of consumers and surveys of business owners suggest the White House has a lot of convincing to do.
The president seems optimistic. It's not clear why.
Taxes on imports cannot possibly deliver all the benefits the president is promising.
People are allegedly being classified as gang members for tattoos of crowns, clocks, and soccer logos.
It's obvious that tariffs will harm American companies that import goods. But the losses don't end there.
Despite efforts to rein in government debt, gold prices keep rising—suggesting investors aren’t buying the promises of fiscal responsibility.
Evan Bernick's second in a series of guest-blogging posts: Part II of a critique of an important defense of the constitutionality of Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
The president is arguing in court that journalism he doesn't like is "election interference" that constitutes consumer fraud.
The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking.
For an administration that likes to show off successful assassinations, the Trump team has been surprisingly tight-lipped about the Houthi commanders they targeted.
Donald Trump is determined to make everything from Canadian whiskey to Mexican avocados more expensive. Can anyone stop him?
Evan Bernick's first in a series of guest-blogging post: Part I of a critique of an important defense of the constitutionality of Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
Bernick is a leading academic expert on the Fourteenth Amendment.
A lawsuit brought by universities could potentially be much more effective than leaving individual students to fend for themselves.
A leading expert on habeas corpus explains why the Trump Administration is wrong to claim the case must be heard in Texas, rather than Washington, DC.
Georgetown law Prof. Jennifer Hillman explains why Trump's tariffs are vulnerable to challenge on this basis.
When the government picks energy winners, consumers lose.
Economic historian Phil Magness on the real history of tariffs and why Trump is so wrong about them.
Perhaps young people have become resentful of the government's massive transfer of wealth from kids to the elderly.
Iran isn’t building a nuclear weapon, the Trump administration says. But this hasn’t stopped the march toward war.
How Sanctions Work argues the consequences of economic warfare don't always serve American interests.
The 2-1 ruling is procedural, but strongly suggests the majority judges also reject the Trump administration's position on the merits.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion sound good. But DEI programs divide people more than they empower.
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
Judge Boasberg ruled the migrants are entitled to due process in determing whether they really are "alien enemies" covered by the Act.
The latest tariffs appear to be like many before that were promised but never enacted.
After contending with COVID-era inflation, the beauty industry and consumers face more supply disruptions and price hikes under Trump’s trade war.
The White House accidentally leaked military plans in Yemen to a journalist—and demonstrated how unconstitutional U.S. war making has become.
Farmers will bear the brunt of Trump's trade war. That's a good reason to avoid tariffs in the first place, not an excuse for another bailout.
Over 500,000 migrants used the program to enter and work in the U.S.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
The Administration ended the CHNV "parole" program for 530,000 migrants from four Latin American nations, including three ruled by authoritarian socialist regimes. They will soon be subject to deportation.
To justify the immediate deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members, the president is invoking a rarely used statute that does not seem to apply in this context.
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