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Steven Hayward
Episode 14
The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Band Reunion Time

About this episode

This podcast episode was originally published at Ricochet.

John Yoo is back this week, bringing the 3WHH up to full strength again after last week’s astonishingly congenial episode, which can mean only one thing—not even high tariffs, which this week’s host (Steve) vainly tried to impose on ths discussion—could stop a vigorous free trade in ideas.

After our discussion of where the tariff matter stands as of the end of this week, we turn our focus to the week’s continuing legal and constitutional developments of the Trump juggernaut, most especially his heretofore neglected instruction to regulatory agencies to review and eliminate any and all rules and regulations that might now be considered unconstitutional in light of several Supreme Court opinions over the last few years that have started to curtail the reach and power of the administrative state.

Finally, we try out a slightly new ending for this episode, with topical exit music designed in part to annoy Lucretia. Mission accomplished!

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