The Legality of Trump's Tariffs
Professor John Yoo joins Bloomberg Intelligence litigation analyst Holly Froum to discuss May rulings by the US Court of International Trade and Washington, DC district court striking down so called "fentanyl trafficking" and reciprocal tariffs. Professor Yoo, who served as law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and is a senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute, a distinguished visiting professor at the School of Civil Leadership at University of Texas Austin, and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the rulings, what he thinks the lower courts got wrong, arguments on appeal and why reciprocal tariffs could be vulnerable on appeal.
Constitutionalism
Amicus Brief: Hon. William P. Barr and Hon. Michael B. Mukasey in Support of Petitioners
Former AGs Barr and Mukasey Cite Civitas in a SCOTUS Brief
Rational Judicial Review: Constitutions as Power-sharing Agreements, Secession, and the Problem of Dred Scott
Judicial review and originalism serve as valuable commitment mechanisms to enforce future compliance with a political bargain.
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State Courts Can’t Run Foreign Policy
Suncor is also a golden opportunity for the justices to stop local officials from interfering with an industry critical to foreign and national-security policy.
Dishonor and the Civil Service
Those who serve in the government “should have, metaphorically speaking, their resignation letters in pocket in case they are ever confronted with a question of conscience.”
The Government Schools Persist in Mandating Gender Ideology
The volume and pace of federal litigation on these policies indicate there is no softening of the collective mind on transgenderism within the education industrial complex.
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