General Discussion

But Vance should and almost certainly does know better - or else Yale Law School should demand that he return his diploma. The IEEPA statute does not mention tariffs anywhere. What it does is give a president the power to block transactions and freeze assets when necessary in the event of an "unusual and extraordinary threat ... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States." The court held IEEPA didn't give Trump the power to make up an emergency consisting of an "unusual and extraordinary threat" as an excuse to impose tariffs on other countries just because its leaders pissed him off. Maybe he should take a break from violating upholstered furniture to read the opinion.