Immediately the Cato Institute held a digital occasion on “Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Energy.” Cato Institute Senior Fellow Walter Olson and I mentioned Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs trying to leverage the Worldwide Emergency Financial Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), the lawsuit towards them introduced by the Liberty Justice Middle and myself on behalf of 5 US companies harmed by the tariffs, nondelegation, the final drawback of abuse of emergency powers, and different associated points. Brent Skorup of Cato (who can be a former scholar of mine!) moderated, and requested some nice questions. Right here is the video:
I’ve gone over the authorized points raised by Trump’s IEEPA tariffs in better element in my Lawfare article, “The Constitutional Case In opposition to Trump’s Commerce Warfare.” See additionally my put up on why these tariffs threaten the rule of regulation, a problem we mentioned on the Cato occasion.
