Trump Replaces Old Illegal Tariffs With New Illegal Tariffs

Plus: The U.S. could be going to war with Iran, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and why AI surveillance is worrying civil libertarians

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This week, Reason reporter Eric Boehm joins editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie to discuss the Supreme Court's decision striking down President Donald Trump's "emergency" tariffs. They examine the major questions doctrine, Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurring opinion, and whether the ruling meaningfully restrains executive power or just invites years of new litigation. The panel also considers what the decision means for businesses and foreign governments that rushed to cut deals, and they talk about what Trump's irritated response reveals about his next moves.

They then turn to the Middle East, where a rapid buildup of U.S. military forces has raised fresh fears of a possible war with Iran and renewed debate over how to respond to hostile regimes pursuing nuclear weapons. A listener asks whether a libertarian dream matchup of Rand Paul versus Jared Polis could ever happen and what it would take to convince reluctant candidates to run. The editors also discuss AI, surveillance, and privacy in light of new reporting on how tech companies handle user data.

0:00–Supreme Court ruling on Trump's tariffs
10:33–Congressional authority over tariff policy
24:22–Are we going to war with Iran?
36:52–The Winter Olympics
46:45–Listener question on Rand Paul vs. Jared Polis
54:22–AI surveillance and privacy concerns
1:05:22–Weekly cultural recommendations

Mentioned in This Podcast

"Trump's New Tariffs Are Probably Illegal Too," by Eric Boehm
"Why Trump's Section 122 Tariffs Are Illegal," by Andrew McCarty
"Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated—and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News," by the White House
"The Hawks Are Lying Us Into Yet Another Middle Eastern War," by Matthew Petti
"The Trump Administration Plans To Deport Iranians Amid Deadly Crackdown in Iran," by Matthew Petti

• Producer: Paul Alexander
• Video Editor: Ian Keyser

What are we consuming this week?

Nick Gillespie

• Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao

Peter Suderman

• Good Luck, Have fun, Don't Die

Eric Boehm

• Azul

Katherine Mangu-Ward

• Sportrock: Indoor Rock Climbing

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Comments

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Needz moar Big Bunny.

[GOD OF PENGUIN ISLAND]

This is the 12th tariff post in 4 days, in case you were wondering.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Zero deregulation posts.

Zero fraud posts.

Zero left wing violence posts.

Usual illegal immigrant violence, fraud, etc posts.

Usual reason workday.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

Treason, one fake libertarian, DNC propaganda article at a time.

[JFree]

The reason we are going to war with Iran is because:

Netanyahu has been selling this since 1996. He is now confident enough that he can drag us into war if necessary. But he'd much rather have the US take the biggest risks.

He sold Trump on a narcissistic legacy war. Trump knows he isn't going to get a Peace Prize. So he is instead looking to secure a regime change. To get rid of the mullahs and be the payback for the hostages. To secure oil reserves for the US once again.

For both, this is going to be the mother of all FAFO.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Set up a gofundme for them jewfree.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

No you Marxist cunt. We’re doing this because the Iranian regime is still threatening us while simultaneously slaughtering tens of thousands of their own people just to keep them in line. So we finally have a chance to end the leading global sponsor of international terror.

I know you’re a big fan of these assholes, because like you, they want to genocide the Jewish population in Israel, and around the globe. But to human non Marxists, they are pure evil and need to go (also like you).

[Vernon Depner]

Iran is all out of FO.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

I’ve wanted to see that regime brutally slaughtered since I was a child in 1979. Now it might really happen. I hope they burn the mullahs at the stake, slowly. I’ll even send a case of marshmallows for the brave rebels.

[JFree]

Iran will get destroyed too. But China and Russia both want the US humbled and kneecapped