The move amounts to a surrender in a clash that has led many law firms to submit to the president rather than face the threat of his executive orders.
Category: Presidential Power (US)
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Trump Administration Abandons Efforts to Impose Executive Orders on Law Firms
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Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
The New York Times – Business:President Trump is already working to piece his tariff program back together, after a Supreme Court ruling ruptured a centerpiece of his economic agenda.
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Supreme Court Justices Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs
The New York Times – Business:President Trump is the first to invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to set tariffs on imported goods from more than 100 countries.
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Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’
The president is demanding that the federal government pay him at least $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term.
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The S.E.C. Was Tough on Crypto. It Pulled Back After Trump Returned to Office.
An investigation by The Times found the administration’s change in enforcement benefited the industry, including companies that had ties to the president.
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This Isn’t the First Time the Fed Has Struggled for Independence
The Trump administration is threatening the Fed’s autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in 1951.
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Asserting a Personal Role in Warner Bros. Battle, Trump Expands His Powers Again
The move comes as the Supreme Court also appears poised to put antitrust enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission under his control.
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Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics
The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.
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Supreme Court Seems Poised to Give Trump More Power to Fire Independent Officials
A ruling in the president’s favor in the case, which deals with his attempt to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, would be a major expansion of presidential authority.
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Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators
The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Five Key Takeaways From the Supreme Court Tariff Argument
The Supreme Court justices grappled with the legality of President Trump’s tariffs in an oral argument that stretched for almost three hours.
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Supreme Court Confronts Trump and His Tariffs in Test of Presidential Power
The justices face so-called legitimacy dilemma as they deal with a tricky legal dispute and a president who has made clear he would view defeat as a personal insult.