Challenging Trump's Tariffs Under the Major Question Doctrine
Georgetown law Prof. Jennifer Hillman explains why Trump's tariffs are vulnerable to challenge on this basis.
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.
Is shutting down the CDC's HIV prevention division a good idea?
Already this year, the agency has allegedly conducted a warrantless raid in Newark and several warrantless arrests in the Midwest.
Courts stop DOGE from accessing Social Security Administration data and prevent Homeland Security from deporting Georgetown fellow Badar Khan Suri.
Links to audios of a Cato Institute podcast and an interview with ABC News (Australia).
The participants were Adam Cox (NYU) and myself.
Vox's Kelsey Piper joins the show to discuss the drastic differences between the Biden and Trump administrations on AI—and what it all means for the future of humanity.
Border officials reportedly barred the academic from visiting Texas after finding anti-Trump messages on his phone.
"Bad ideas have been making a comeback," the host of Conversations with Tyler tells Reason.
The people deported are incarcerated in Salvadoran prisons without any due process whatsoever.
"Impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Roberts noted after Trump said federal judges who impede his agenda should be fired.
Studies have continuously shown that migrants create more jobs than they destroy.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
Plus: Who's in charge of DOGE, protests over Israel's renewed assault on Gaza, and a tribute to the life of Manuel Klausner.
The rationale for deporting Mahmoud Khalil is chillingly vague and broad.
The GOP faces a choice about how to move forward.
There is no justification for such impeachment efforts.
The proposed list of countries for the "Muslim ban" reboot has been leaked. It includes a small Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas.
They used the Act to deport some 137 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador even after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order blocking such action.
The president says those legislators are "subject to investigation at the highest level," notwithstanding their pardons and the Speech or Debate Clause.
The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast plunged into recessionary territory, stocks wiped out $4 trillion in value, and consumers are pulling back. How long will Washington ignore the warning signs?
As Trump’s trade wars with Canada and China escalate, tariffs could push console prices up, threaten U.S. jobs, and disrupt a $66 billion industry.
The U.S. is back to bombing the Houthi movement.
Dissidents resisting authoritarian regimes should be independent of the United States—and so should their media sources.
Trump is destroying a valuable source of American "soft power" and an inspiration to people suffering under authoritarian regimes.
If courts allow Trump to get away with using the Act in peacetime, it would set a dangerous precedent.
The article is coauthored with Cato Institute scholar David Bier.