Trump claims illegal migration and drug smuggling across the southern border qualify as an "invasion" giving him the power to suspend virtually all legal migration through that border.
The Cato Institute and I filed an amicus brief explaining why the tariffs violate statutory requirements, and also run afoul of the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
It is on behalf of the Cato Institute and myself.
The Argentine president's commitment to limited government has faltered when it comes to free speech.
The DC Circuit affirms an injunction barring the removal of VOA head Michael Abramowicz. Will the justices see the case the same way?
The two charges are both connected to the Pentagon's summary executions of suspected cocaine smugglers.
A prominent conservative legal commentator explains why Hegseth should be convicted on at least some of the charges.
He deserves it for his role in starting an unconstitutional war and perpetrating over 200 murders.
Trump's unconstitutional policies on tariffs, the Iran War, and immigration played a big role in his party's enormous "Blue Tsunami" election defeat.
It explains why the Section 338 tariffs are illegal, and part of a broader pattern of tariff power grabs.
Many of their recommendations are well-taken.
As the election approaches, it is more clear than ever that the president values loyalty over all else.
Courts should still strike down the Section 338 tariffs and import bans that remain in place.
The import taxes fit a pattern of dubious legal rationales for the president's protectionist policies.
The tariffs are illegal for multiple different reasons.
A leading critic of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court oultines reasons why court-packing is a bad response to its flaws.
A new poll shows that Americans are soundly rejecting the Trump administration's big government policies.
Trump launched his third round of broad tariffs after his first two attempts ran into legal trouble.
If laws passed by Congress do not apply to presidential actions, then we no longer live in a democracy.
What’s at stake in Beaird v. United States.
The president stands out from his modern predecessors by openly displaying his contempt for the First Amendment.
Many of the same constitutional and other constraints apply as with tariffs.
In a recent talk, he decried a situation where "everything is an emergency."
Congress can stop Trump's Iran war by failing to fund it.
The court ruled that the imposition of the fee violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
A year after launching his explosive antidrug campaign, President Donald Trump routinely rains death on alleged cocaine couriers.
The paper provides an overview of the legal vulnerabilities of the Trump tariffs against Canadian goods, and what can be done to prevent a recurrence of his abuses.
After a federal judge rejected his attempts at self-glorification, Trump said the building will "end up being ripped down" if he does not get the "recognition" he wants.
The conservative legal movement may be winning big at the Supreme Court. But Trump is not.
I will be one of the speakers.
Their brief says the president is asserting "essentially boundless" authority to impose "economy-wide tariffs untethered from the statute Congress enacted."
The president's latest tirade against recalcitrant justices reflects his open contempt for judicial review.
The Cato Institute, Michael McConnell, and I filed an amicus brief in litigation challenging Trump's massive Section 301 tariffs, which use "forced labor" as a pretext for sweeping protectionism.
Why the major questions and nondelegation doctrines bolster the legal case against Trump's Section 338 tariffs.
The Court rightly ruled the executive branch has no authority to restrict mail-in voting.
The brief explains why the Section 122 tariffs are illegal and run afoul of the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
Some Democrats are licking their chops over other economic powers that Trump has claimed for the presidency.
The chief justice finds himself in dissent in his latest showdown with the president.
By unilaterally razing and replacing the East Wing, the president again shows his disregard for the rule of law and the separation of powers.
Section 338 is a long-defunct part of the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
A bill to sanction Russia would allow the president to place 100 percent tariffs on goods from countries that buy Russian fossil fuels.
Less than two months after losing at SCOTUS, Trump tries again with more misguided executive orders.
In one case after another, the president has tried to cut the courts out of the picture painted by the Framers.
The Oregon senator's "For Our Republic Act" would check many of the president's abuses while preserving the powerful federal state he commands.
The Democratic nominee won five swing states by less than one percentage point. Then things got crazy.
Transparency advocates say it's the latest attempt to hide more of the executive branch's business from the public and congressional investigations.
The Constitution assigns control of federal property to Congress, which never approved the president's demolition and replacement of the East Wing.
The two measures combine unconstitutional provisions with performance art.
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