Earlier this week, the White House announced a new 10% tariff on most imports into the United States to begin on Saturday, as well as country-specific additional duties. ( CNN breaks down the countries impacted by specific tariffs.) President Trump cited the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the National Emergencies Act (NEA) in declaring a "lack of reciprocity in our bilateral trade relationships" a national emergency warranting the unprecedented move. The Congressional Research Service provides historical background on the closest analogue, Richard Nixon’s 1971 emergency tariff, in its recent report . CRS notes that Congress has the power to terminate the national emergency through a joint resolution of disapproval, or to amend the law cited by President Trump to limit its role in imposing tariffs. The tariff announcement provoked the largest one-day decline in the stock market since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Markets have co...
Since the presidential inauguration on January 20, a flurry of executive orders from the Office of the President has generated dozens of legal challenges. The President is on track to break the previous record for executive orders issued in the first 100 days, currently held by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On February 25, Law360 launched Trump's Legal Battles , a free public database tracking the status of current challenges to executive activity, as part of its dedicated coverage of Trump's First 100 Days . While links to news and analysis about each case will require additional access to Law360 (including some docket features that are beyond even Duke Law's subscription), the dashboard itself is free to review, sort, and browse. Convenient links to specific executive orders are also provided to the White House website, and docket numbers provide sufficient information to locate additional case information on the free CourtListener Advanced RECAP Search or in Bloomberg...