The Supreme Court’s unsatisfying decision to cut the IEEPA baby in half on tariffs

Taxes have been considered a form of regulation since the Founding. Concluding one doesn’t come with the other amounts to believing Congress delegated the use of economic nuclear weapons, but only nuclear weapons, even when a scalpel might better serve the same purpose. In principle, I agree with the notion that our constitutional order does… Continue reading The Supreme Court’s unsatisfying decision to cut the IEEPA baby in half on tariffs

Trump’s Asia triumph and the enduring, under appreciated art of constant dealmaking

If you aren’t willing to make adjustments, and you aren’t continually grinding it out, day in and day out, week in and week out, month in and year in, you are unlikely to achieve anything except blather. “We have a deal,” President Donald Trump declared after meeting with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping in… Continue reading Trump’s Asia triumph and the enduring, under appreciated art of constant dealmaking