In May, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose stiff, wide-ranging tariffs aimed at reducing drug trafficking and bilateral trade deficits. The Trump administration is now asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
Last Friday in Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court concluded that federal judges do not have the power to grant “universal injunctions” against executive actions or federal legislation. Rather, it said, any “equitable remedies” in such cases must be limited to the named plaintiffs. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., nevertheless issued an […]
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against “universal injunctions” last week, President Donald Trump hailed the decision as a “GIANT WIN” for his administration. Trump added that “the Birthright Citizenship Hoax”—by which he meant the conventional understanding of the 14th Amendment—also had been “hit hard,” albeit “indirectly.” That take was misleading in two important ways. […]