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Trump Trade War Faces Legal Challenge as Businesses, States Argue His Tariffs Exceeded His Power
Authors: Paul Wiseman and Lindsay Whitehurst (Associated Press)—President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country on earth. The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he’s...
Trump Tariffs Face Major Legal Hurdle as Federal Trade Court Hears Challenge
Author: Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)—A little-known federal court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s tariffs, putting a key plank of his economic agenda under the legal microscope for the first time. A panel of three judges at the U.S. Court of International Trade will...
US Court to Weigh Small Business Bid to Block Trump Tariffs
Authors: Dietrich Knauth and Blake Brittain (Reuters)—Five American small businesses will ask a U.S. court on Tuesday to halt President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, arguing the president overstepped his authority by declaring a national emergency to impose across-the-board taxes on imports from nations that sell more to the U.S....
Scandal Recap: Stacy Davis Gates’ Leadership of Chicago Teachers Union
Author: LyLena Estabine (Illinois Policy)—Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates has said some wild things, made enemies at other unions, prompted her members to sue, ran a deficit, didn’t pay her taxes or utilities and sent her son to private school instead of letting her members educate him. She...
The Tariff Strategy is Backfiring and Small Businesses are the Collateral Damage
Author: George Kailas (Fortune)—The White House just wrapped up a victory lap for National Small Business Week, complete with talk of “unleashing opportunity” and “pro-growth” tariffs. But here’s the thing: If you’ve actually run a business in the last five years, not just written a speech about one, you know...
How Trump’s Trade War Could End By June
Author: Doug Palmer (Politico)—President Donald Trump’s trade war could come to an abrupt halt this month — even without concessions from dozens of trading partners. It’s up to the U.S. Court of International Trade, an obscure, New York-based federal court that decides cases related to trade and customs law. The...
This Obscure New York Court Is Set to Decide Fate of Trump’s Tariffs
Author: James Fanelli (Wall Street Journal)—The Trump administration’s global tariffs face their first major legal test this week when a little-known Manhattan court considers one of the president’s most sweeping assertions of executive power. A three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to...
States Support Parents in Legal Case Over School’s Secret Gender Transition of Child
Author: Alexandra Koch (FOX News)—Nearly two dozen states have banded together, filing an amicus brief to defend the constitutional rights of a Florida family, whose public middle school is accused of secretly “socially transitioning” their 13-year-old daughter without their consent. The brief, filed on April 30, involves January and Jeffrey...
Amid Lawsuits, Bally’s Drops Anti-White Racial Rules for Chicago Casino Investment
(Cook County Record)—Attorneys who helped lead one of the legal actions challenging actions by casino operator Bally’s and Chicago City Hall to allegedly illegally block out white investors from buying a stake in Bally’s planned new Chicago casino have declared victory, after Bally’s reportedly dropped limitations in its IPO, allegedly...
Commentary: President Donald Trump’s Tariffs Decimate Small Businesses
Author: Willie Wilson (Chicago Tribune)—President Donald Trump’s goal of more manufacturing in the United States is laudable. However, the approach of using tariffs as a weapon is reckless and will lead to price hikes and supply chain disruptions and destroy the backbone of America — small businesses. As a small...
A Federal Court is About to Decide Whether to Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs
(Vox)—On Tuesday, May 13, a three-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade will hear a lawsuit asking it to strike down President Donald Trump’s recently imposed tariffs. The case is known as V.O.S. Selections v. Trump. The trade court, a New York-based federal court that hears lawsuits related...
The Fight Against Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs: A Battle Over Presidential Power
Author: Alex Tatum (Medium)—On Tuesday, May 13, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade will hear a high-stakes lawsuit challenging President Trump’s controversial tariffs — or, at the very least, seeking to pause them. Filed on April 14, 2025, by the Liberty Justice Center, the lawsuit represents...
NPR Interview on Legal Challenges to Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs
Author: Ilya Somin (Reason)—On Monday, Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump’s “Liberation Day” IEEPA tariffs filed by the Liberty Justice Center and myself. This interview only went for about five minutes, so we didn’t cover the issues as thoroughly as in some previous interviews I...
IPO Radar: Bally’s Casino, Republic Digital and Ant Group
Author: Stuart Fieldhouse (The Armchair Trader)—Chicago casino Bally’s backed away from its original plans to launch a share scheme targeted at minorities, following a legal challenge from the Liberty Justice Centre. Bally’s had originally registered an IPO which was only available to investors that met Chicago’s definition of a minority....
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Donald Trump’s Executive Actions
(Associated Press)—Dozens of lawsuits have been filed during President Donald Trump’s second administration. The suits challenge his executive orders as well as actions taken by his administration, including Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE. The courts have agreed to block the president in a number of cases, and...