Twelve States File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's IEEPA Tariffs
The suit resembles previous ones on the same subject filed by the state of California, and by the Liberty Justice Center and myself.
The suit resembles previous ones on the same subject filed by the state of California, and by the Liberty Justice Center and myself.
Signers include Steve Calabresi, Harold Koh, Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, Alan Sykes, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and others.
More lobbyists are spending more money to influence trade policy. The swamp is having a great time during the trade war.
Predictions for U.S. and global economic growth are down since January.
According to the president, the U.S. economy will begin to slow down unless the Fed “lowers interest rates, NOW.”
"Tariffs will have an influence on the total price," one of the project's construction partners said.
Plus: A listener asks who was the better president: Trump or Obama?
Scenes from a trade war.
The degree of agreement among participants with major ideological diferences is striking.
President Donald Trump once again rolled out the egg-colored Reagan rug for his second term, but the Trump-Reagan similarities are running thin.
The White House's trade policy is totally scrambled.
The motion was filed today, and sets out our case in detail.
It explains why the IEEPA "Liberation Day" tariffs are illegal and how our case against them relates to the other three cases challenging Trup's tariffs.
Goldman Sachs estimates that the tariffs will create about 100,000 manufacturing jobs while destroying 500,000 others. In Pennsylvania, it's already starting.
Only time will tell if America heeds their clarion call.
In the chaotic early days of Poland's "shock therapy," free market reformers measured their success by the falling price of this one basic commodity.
The wonders of capitalism make hyper-realistic egg substitutes possible.
Even if Trump were a font of intelligence and wisdom (and he's not), no one person should be directing any country's economy.
Mere Economics makes a religious argument for private property and free exchange.
Company co-founder John Mackey weaves together lessons from his business, spiritual, and personal journeys.
The Danger Zone co-author joins the show to discuss China's peaking power, and why that actually makes them more dangerous.
The Liberty Justice Center and I filed the case on Monday.
I was interviewed by Caleb Brown of Cato.
They challenge both the "Liberation Day" IEEPA tariffs, and earlier ones imposed on Canada, Mexico and China.
The cost cutter's current projection of annual "savings" is 85 percent lower than the goal he set two months ago—and even that number can't be trusted.
Trump hopes you like tomato sauce!
Businesses are reporting fewer orders, lower inventories, less employment, and weaker expectations. The only thing going up: prices.
Former Obama administration economic adviser Jason Furman explains why both major parties have abandoned economic reality in favor of political fantasy.
A historian tries to tie two classical liberal economists to the racialist right, and scrambles their words in the process.
Plus: Cuomo gains traction, inside Elon Musk's paternity deals, Rumsfeld sass, and more...
Several businesses harmed by Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs have filed a lawsuit challenging his use of emergency economic powers.
If lots of Americans wanted factory jobs, the domestic labor market would look very different.
Plus: A listener asks whether or not Thomas Jefferson was right.
The stock market may look irrational, but it's repricing risk faster than ever. Sometimes, that's a feature, not a bug.
It was filed today in the US Court of International Trade.
That's the highest total outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now Congress wants to borrow even more.
Predictions vary as to the ultimate cost, but there’s no doubt that tariffs create economic pain.
They argue the tariffs violate the constitutional separation of powers and their tribal treaty rights.
How John McClaughry and Karl Hess fought to decentralize power—one from inside the system, one ever further from it
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson urges Democrats to embrace more libertarian, pro-growth policies in his new book.
Daniel Hannan argues that protectionism never works, but that's a lesson that politicians and voters seemingly have to relearn repeatedly.
Plus: China-U.S. relations heat up, ICE says ideas shouldn't cross borders, sexytime with the computer, and more...
Even after Trump paused some of his new tariffs for 90 days, we still have the highest average tariffs in over a century and the biggest trade war since the Great Depression. Real relief will only come if Congress or the courts deny Trump the power to do this.
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