In Batshit Rant Trump Seems to Beg John Roberts to Rule Before Full Brunt of His Tariffs Hits - Emptywheel

In Batshit Rant Trump Seems to Beg John Roberts to Rule before Full Brunt of His Tariffs Hits - emptywheel

A few weeks ago, when we were waiting for the Circuit Court of Appeals to issue its ruling on a challenge to Trump’s tariffs, I did this video providing my prediction for the way that Trump hoped to get the Supreme Court to uphold his claimed unilateral authority to impose tariffs. On Friday, the court issued its ruling. Seven judges joined in a per curiam opinion basically ruling that IEEPA, the basis Trump used to impose the tariffs in questio…

Will Trump's tariffs survive the courts?

Trying to work out what is going on with global trade doesn’t get any easier. Just as the world was settling down to the new reality of Donald Trump’s trade war – and governments were stitching up hurried trade deals to minimize the sweeping damage from the tariffs announced on ‘Liberation Day’ in April – the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown a very large spanner into the works.  It has ruled that the whole exercise is unlawful…

How The US Will Force Yields Lower Across The Curve

How The US Will Force Yields Lower Across The Curve By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Forcing Yields Lower Across the Curve We were already set to get a lot of economic data, especially on the labor front, compressed into a short week, and now we have to digest a court ruling on tariffs. A federal appeals court ruled against (many/some/all?) tariffs imposed using an emergency law. The tariffs will remain in place while the case proceeds. …

Trump slams court for rejecting his tariffs

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has strongly criticized a federal appeals court for striking down the tariffs he imposed during his presidency. He warned that removing these tariffs would destroy the U.S. economy and weaken its military strength. On Sunday, Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying that “radical left judges” tried to harm the country. He pointed out that in a 7-4 decision, one Democratic judge supported …