LJC In The News
Arguments Mustered For Supreme Court Case Of Religious Charter School
(Forbes)—At the end of April, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments in a case that challenges the wall between church and state, and pro-school choice organizations, red states, and religious groups are lining up against Oklahoma’s attorney general and a group of Constitutional scholars. St. Isidore of...
US Court Keeps Trump Tariffs in Force Against Group of Small Businesses
(Reuters)—A U.S. federal court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump‘s tariffs against a group of small businesses to remain in force for now, saying the businesses had not shown they would immediately be harmed by new taxes on imports. A group of five companies sued the Trump administration last week,...
Note to Gander: What’s Good for the Goose is…The U.S. Constitution
(MacIver Institute)—How do you solve a problem like an overreaching federal government? How do you catch a unconstitutional executive order and pin it down? How do you find the word that means an illegal delegation of congressional authority? A flibbertijibbet! A will-o’-the-wisp! A clown! Oh, how do you hold a...
Attorneys Say CIT Judges Assigned to IEEPA Case May Rein in Trump’s Tariff Authority
(Trade Law Daily)—The three judges assigned to the case challenging President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — Jane Restani, Gary Katzmann and Timothy Reif — may be poised to rein in the administration’s use of the act to impose tariffs, various attorneys told us. Based...
The Current State of Captive Audience Meetings
(Venable LLP)—Mandatory employer-sponsored meetings, otherwise known as captive audience meetings, sparked significant discussion and legislation these past few months. There are now 12 states that have enacted laws designed to ban or restrict captive audience meetings: Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and,...
Stocks Have Been Frozen on Tariff Uncertainty
(Trade Station)—The stock market has been in suspended animation as investors wait for tariff news. The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent between Friday, April 11, and Thursday, April 17. It represented only a minor dip following the explosive rally a week before, with most of the prior advance remaining in...
What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Apple, Nvidia and Big Tech Hardware Manufacturing in Asia
(Built In)—On April 9, the third wave of Trump’s protectionist trade policies were set to take effect — until they weren’t. Hours after a series of global tariffs took effect, Trump announced a 90-day pause as well as “substantially lower” taxes for at least 75 trading partners who did not...
California Judge Upholds Ban on Outing of Trans Students by School Districts
(Courthouse News Service)—A federal judge in California has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit filed by religious parents and conservative school districts aimed at blocking a new state law that prohibits school districts from adopting policies that notify parents when a student starts going by a different name or using different...
Tracking Tariffs: A Summary Of Recent Actions
(Promotional Products Association International)—There have been several notable changes and developments regarding President Donald Trump’s tariff and trade policies since his April 2 “Liberation Day” announcement. Here are some key updates over the past few weeks, as well as what to look out for moving forward as the Trump administration...
The Constitutional Case Against Trump’s Trade War
(Lawfare)—President Trump’s massive “Liberation Day” tariffs, imposed April 2, on goods imported from almost every country in the world are likely to do grave damage to the U.S. and world economies, impose an enormous tax increase on Americans (an average of some $1,300 per household per year), and poison relations...
Ban on Public Preaching Unites Christian and Krishna, Pro-lifers, Prisoner Advocates at SCOTUS
(Just the News)—The Supreme Court has a soft spot for street evangelists targeted by public officials in the name of shielding passers-by from the discomfort of the gospel, going so far as to rule 8-1 in 2021 – over the first solo dissent of the chief justice – that Chike...
Plaintiffs Ask CIT to Quickly Halt Collection of IEEPA Tariffs
(Inside Trade)—The conservative Liberty Justice Center is asking the Court of International Trade to immediately block tariffs President Trump imposed under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, laying out the most complete claim to date that the administration’s trade policy oversteps both IEEPA and constitutional limits on executive power. On...
The Cases That Could Stop Trump’s Tariffs
(The Dispatch)—House Speaker Mike Johnson made his position on tariff authority clear earlier this month when asked whether Congress would reassert its constitutional power on import levies: “I think you’ve got to give the president the latitude, the runway to do what he is elected to do.” Two days later,...
‘An Enormous Usurpation’: Inside the Case Against Trump’s Tariffs
(Politico)—The Trump administration’s trade war has prompted chaos and countermeasures across the globe, but a potent counterattack has emerged in the courts in recent weeks — and in the long run, it could fatally undermine President Donald Trump’s unprecedented global tariff regime. California Gov. Gavin Newsom was the latest to...
Liberty Justice Center Challenges “Liberation Day” Tariffs in Court
(Legal Newsline)—On April 18, 2025, the Liberty Justice Center filed for a temporary restraining order and motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the “Liberation Day” tariffs. These tariffs are affecting a range of imported goods and are causing considerable harm to small businesses nationwide. The legal motion was filed...