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1 week ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper
It has been difficult to find much to laugh about in the economic news of the last couple of weeks, as President Donald Trump single-handedly caused a generally downward roller-coaster ride for world financial markets, but Elon Musk’s dunking on Trump tariff guru Peter Navarro did provide one bright spot. Musk called Navarro “truly a moron,” “dumber than a sack of bricks,” and used a slur to further insult Navarro’s intelligence.
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2 weeks ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Austin Sarat
On April 10, the New York Times reported on the latest development in the Trump administration’s war on higher education.
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3 weeks ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Austin Sarat
The word “weaponization” became a staple of American political life during the Biden administration. Republicans used it over and over to try to erode support for any attempt to hold then-former President Donald Trump accountable.
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3 weeks ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf
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3 weeks ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Austin Sarat
These days, it is hard to figure out what California’s ambitious governor, Gavin Newsom, is up to. One day, he is hosting MAGA stalwarts and shocking his progressive allies by agreeing with their stoke-the-base contention that transgender athletes should not be allowed to compete in women’s sports. The next day, the old, liberal Newsom crows about California having “more EV stations than gas pumps” while criticizing the Trump administration for its campaign against electric cars.
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1 month ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Neil H. Buchanan
The White House has gone out of its way to point to Donald Trump’s repeated promises not to touch America’s successful and popular universal social programs, with one recent official statement asserting that “the Trump Administration will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits,” impatiently adding that “Trump himself has said it (over and over and over again).” Trump has indeed said this more than once, so why are people not taking his promises at face value?
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1 month ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Neil H. Buchanan
Despite Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he would not touch Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, the reality is that all three of those crucial programs are now under attack from Trump’s team. Regarding Social Security, a news report earlier this week (“Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down”) describes how the nation’s indispensable public pension system is in danger of falling apart because of Trump administration cuts.
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1 month ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Samuel Estreicher |Andrew Babbitt
NYU Law professor Samuel Estreicher and JD candidate Andrew Babbitt examine President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose and threaten tariffs on multiple countries during his second administration, bypassing the typical legislative and procedural requirements for tariff implementation. Professor Estreicher and Mr. Babbitt argue that this strategy represents an unprecedented and legally questionable expansion of executive power, circumventing congressional intent and oversight, raising serious constitutional concerns about the broad and unchecked use of the IEEPA.
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1 month ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Michael C. Dorf |Laurence H. Tribe |Michael Morrison |Jesse Choper
Over the last week, the Trump administration appeared to move closer than ever to defiance of the courts. Despite an order from Federal District Judge James E.
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1 month ago | 
verdict.justia.com | Neil H. Buchanan
As bad as things are right now, they could be even worse. In particular, the United States government could have shut down starting last weekend, with offices closed, millions of government workers furloughed, and millions of others being required to work without pay. There would also have been no clear path ever to reopen the government, which would have been great news to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their eager group of anarchists inside and outside of government.