Ilya Somin

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Video of Cato Institute Virtual Event on "Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power"

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Tariffs I spoke along with my Cato colleague Walter Olson.
New Jersey Town Seeks to Condemn Church to Build a Park and Pickleball Courts

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Eminent Domain The move may be a pretext for blocking the church's plan to build a homeless shelter. If the town proceeds, it will face near-certain litigation under the federal and state constitutions.
Trump Seeks to Deport Afghans Who Fled the Taliban

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

The Washington Post reports that Trump will lift Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from thousands of Afghans who fled persecution by the Taliban, after the radical Islamist movement took over their country in 2021: The Trump administration's move to end deportation protections for wartime allies who fled to the United States after the fall of Afghanistan has infuriated veterans of the 20-year conflict there, who say the U.S. government is betraying a sacred promise made to some of America's...
The Case Against Judicial Deference to Executive Branch "Factual" Determinations in Alien Enemies Act Cases

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Donald Trump Legal scholar Rebecca Ingber offers some strong arguments against deference in this context. | President Trump has been trying use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as a tool for mass deportation.
An "Ugly Tax" in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Immigration Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby rightly decries the GOP's inclusion of a tax on remittances immigrant workers send to their families, in the "Big Beautiful Bill." | Conservative Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby rightly decries a pernicious provision in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill": Buried near the end of the ludicrously named "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" approved by the House Budget Committee over the weekend is a new 5 percent tax on remittances [now reduced to 3.5%], the...
Mitchell Berman on Conditional Federal Grants and the Constitution

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Conditional Spending While there is no constitutional right to receive grants, the Constitution does bar grant conditions that undermine constitutional rights.
Thoughts on the Oral Argument in the Oregon Case Against Trump's IEEPA Tariffs

1 week ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Donald Trump Like that in the similar case filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself, this one indicated judicial skepticism of Trump's claims to virtually unlimited power to impose tarifs. | On May 21, The US Court of International Trade (CIT) held oral arguments in Oregon v.
Video of National Constitution Center Panel on "The War Over the Constitution's Meaning"

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Constitutional Interpretation The participants were Amanda Shanor (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Alan Trammell (Washington and Lee), Wilfred Codrington, III (Cardozo), and myself. | I took part in a recent National Constitution Center panel on "The War Over Constitutional Meaning." The other participants were Prof.
Forbes Interview on Developments in Our Case and Other Litigation Against Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Tariffs I was interviewed by Brittany Lewis of Forbes. | Earlier today, Forbes interviewed me about developments in the case challenging Donald Trump's massive "Liberation Day" tariffs brought by the Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US businesses harmed by the tariffs.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements

2 weeks ago | reason.com | Ilya Somin

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements. | I have been remiss this semester in failing to post my usual list of upcoming speaking engagements. However, I do have some coming up in the next several weeks that I would like to list for interested readers. Unless otherwise noted, all are in person and open to the public. I may update this post with additional events.

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