#presidential-power

#presidential-power

Taking to Truth Social in an overnight double post on Tuesday morning, the president warned that a negative ruling on his tariff powers would leave the U.S. financially defenseless: The biggest threat in history to United States National Security would be a negative decision on Tariffs by the U.S. Supreme Court. We would be financially defenseless. Now Europe is going to Tariffs against China, as they already do against others. We would not be allowed to do what others already do! (Screengrab via Truth Social)

The Constitution does not countenance unlawful power. And when the Constitution draws boundaries, neither agency expedience nor institutional inertia can erase them.

Nixon's suspicion towards Harold Goldstein escalated into a directive to investigate, revealing underlying anti-Semitic views and a conviction that Jews within government were disloyal.

The major questions doctrine, which requires clear congressional authorization for significant governmental decisions, has become a tool for those challenging President Trump’s expansive claims of power.