The remaining questions after the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling

State urges Congress to reimburse Virginians for Trump's tariffs in nationwide push

Virginia, among more than a dozen states, is seeking billions of dollars in refunds for consumers and businesses after the Supreme Court last month voided President Trump's tariffs.

Virginia joins national push for refunds after US Supreme Court voids Trump tariffs

Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general urging Congress to require refunds for billions in tariffs collected under a policy the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unlawful. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is pressing Congress to force refunds on billions of dollars in tariffs imposed under President Donald Trump, arguing the federal government must quickly repay bus…

How the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Could Save the Civil Service

The most important legal development from Learning Resources v. Trump, the Supreme Court case that overturned President Donald Trump’s tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), is not about tariffs themselves. The key but overlooked news is that three conservative justices—Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett—endorsed the “major questions doctrine” (MQD) not only for bureaucratic…

The remaining questions after the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling

Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law giving the president the power to regulate commerce during national emergencies created by foreign threats, did not give President Donald Trump the authority to impose sweeping tariffs in a series of 2025 executive orders. The vote was 6-3, with the court’s Democratic appointees joining Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy…

Sleazebags and slime balls

On February 20 the Supreme Court held the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize President Trump to impose tariffs. He called justices who ruled against him, including two he appointed, “fools and lapdogs” who are “very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution.” Without evidence, he suggested they were influenced by unnamed “foreign interests.” He called plaintiffs who...