The Division of Powers Clauses
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RE: TRUMP’S TARIFFS
And so, the Supreme Court of the United States has finally ruled decisively against President Donald J. Trump. The Court ruled 6-3 today that President Trump’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (the “IEEPA”) upon the American importers of goods and services from foreign countries, was not and is not authorized… Continue reading
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RE: TRUMP’S TARIFFS
In the arguments before the United States Supreme Court last Wednesday, counsel for President Trump defended the tariffs the President imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (the IEEPA) on the ground that statute did authorize the Presidential imposition of tariffs whenever a ‘‘national emergency’’ is declared by the President himself. (Citing 50 U.S.C.… Continue reading
CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS 