Does the Smoot-Hawley Act Justify the Trump Tariffs? No, Says Philip Zelikow

Does the Smoot-Hawley Act Justify the Trump Tariffs? No, Says Philip Zelikow

My Hoover Institution colleague Philip Zelikow was kind enough to pass this along; he is an emeritus history professor at the University of Virginia, but also a lawyer: On June 1, Yale's Jed Rubenfeld published an essay on The Free Press criticizing the recent legal ruling on Trump's tariffs. "The Judges Got It Wrong: Trump's Tariffs Are Legal." The subtitle adds: "The words of a 100-year-old law are clear, says Jed Rubenfeld. So why didn't Trum…