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Assessing a SCOTUS Decision

Robert is addressing why the latest SCOTUS decision is in deliberate error when reviewing what the FTC is mandated to do by law. Can SCOTUS deliberately disregard the will of Congress and install its own hacks in independent regulatory agencies (with the odd exception of the Federal Reserve Board)? Some might call this, legislating from […]

Differing Views on Why the President can not Impose Tariffs

On February 20, 2026, SCOTUS decided on a case as to whether the president has the constitutional authority to impose tariffs during peacetime. Three of the noted conservative justices in the past sided with the more liberal judges in determining whether the president has such power to impose tariffs. What the author of this piece […]