President Trump has now filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court, in which he basically argues that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (the “IEEPA”), 50 United States Code at Sections 1701 et. seq., fully authorizes him to declare that an “emergency” exists with origins in a foreign country, and then to impose Continue reading

Early into his second term, President Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“the IEEPA”), 50 United States Code Sections 1701 et.seq., to impose taxes on goods imported into the United States from other countries, i.e., tariffs. Last Friday, August 29, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, declared those Continue reading