A Federal Court Just Blocked Trump's Tariffs
The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's emergency economic powers do not include the authority to impose tariffs on nearly all imports.
The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's emergency economic powers do not include the authority to impose tariffs on nearly all imports.
The president's crusade against attorneys whose work offends him, which defies the First Amendment and undermines the right to counsel, has provoked several judicial rebukes.
Mark Meador thinks the Federal Trade Commission may have the legal right to investigate nonprofits that “advocate for the interests of giant corporations” if they don’t disclose their donors.
The White House calls it "the art of the deal," but a 30 percent tariff on imports from China is economically damaging and constitutionally dubious.
Trump rightly decries the "absurd and unjust" consequences of proliferating regulatory crimes.
Briefs urging the Supreme Court to stay injunctions against the order challenge "the conventional wisdom" about the meaning of an 1898 decision interpreting the 14th Amendment.
Trump's new imperialism makes neither economic nor geopolitical sense.
The Trump-appointed judge found that the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act "exceeds the scope of the statute and is contrary to the plain, ordinary meaning of the statute's terms."
The president’s sweeping import levies have no basis in the statute he cites.
So much for unleashing American energy.
Small businesses and a dozen states have filed a pair of lawsuits challenging Trump's authority to impose tariffs on board games, clothes, and lots of other things.
Several businesses harmed by Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs have filed a lawsuit challenging his use of emergency economic powers.
Richard Nixon infamously drafted an "enemies list" of people he wanted to go after. At least Trump conducts his corruption out in the open.
The president’s preferential treatment of fossil fuels will cost consumers.
Bills introduced Tuesday in the House and Senate would terminate the emergency declaration Trump issued last week.
The president is politically targeting those he says politically targeted him.
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president's imposition of tariffs, a lawsuit alleges.
Donald Trump is determined to make everything from Canadian whiskey to Mexican avocados more expensive. Can anyone stop him?
Invoking the Defense Production Act won't boost the supply of critical minerals.
Threats to impeach federal judges who rule against the government are a naked attack on their constitutionally crucial function.
Making policy and passing laws is supposed to be difficult and should be left to the messy channels established by the Constitution.
There's little question that Trump is taking the concept of the imperial presidency to its apogee.
Federal judges in Washington and Maryland say the president's attack on birthright citizenship flouts the 14th Amendment and 127 years of judicial precedent.
The full transcript shows the president's complaints about the editing of the interview are not just wildly hyperbolic and legally groundless. They are demonstrably false.
The company is worried that the president's complaints about a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris could block a pending merger.
The executive order contradicts the 14th Amendment and 127 years of judicial precedent.
A law passed in 2022 requires the president to give Congress a "substantive rationale" for removing inspectors general. Trump has not done that.
But at least he restored respect for a tariff-loving predecessor by renaming a mountain.
They are allied countries with which the U.S. has a trade deal (a deal negotiated by Trump, no less), but presidential emergency powers are nearly limitless.
We have too much rule by decree by whoever currently holds the office of president and a pen.
Children could be denied citizenship even if their parents are here completely legally.
His last-minute acts of clemency invite Trump and future presidents to shield their underlings from the consequences of committing crimes in office.
Despite some notable wins, the president-elect's overall track record shows he cannot count on a conservative Supreme Court to side with him.
The executive order that the president-elect plans to issue contradicts the historical understanding of the 14th Amendment.
Brendan Carr’s plans for "reining in Big Tech" are a threat to limited government, free speech, free markets, and the rule of law.
The justices, including Trump's nominees, have shown they are willing to defy his will when they think the law requires it.
In his second term, the former and future president will have more freedom to follow his worst instincts.
The Republican presidential candidate’s views do not reflect any unifying principle other than self-interest.
The 2024 Democratic platform devotes five paragraphs to firearm restrictions but does not even allude to the Second Amendment.
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton bring millenarianism—and messianism—back.
We need not conjure "extreme hypotheticals" to understand the danger posed by an "energetic executive" who feels free to flout the law.
Contrary to progressive criticism, curtailing bureaucratic power is not about protecting "the wealthy and powerful."
The Supreme Court's recent rulings limiting the powers of the administrative state are a blessing for liberals who might not control the White House for much longer.
A watchdog group cites ATF "whistleblowers" who describe a proposed policy that would be plainly inconsistent with federal law.
Should a federal government that is nearly $34 trillion in debt and can't manage basic operations be micromanaging fast-food business purchases?
The Trump administration’s unilateral ban on bump stocks turned owners of those rifle accessories into felons.
The governor's attempt to rule by decree provoked widespread condemnation instead of the applause she was expecting.
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