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Raw Story: ‘Who holds the power?’ Defenders of Trump in criminal cases turn on him in court filing

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A group of conservative legal heavyweights — including some who once defended Donald Trump against his criminal prosecutions — are now urging a federal judge to strike down the former president’s sweeping tariff policy.

“Congress, not the president, has the power to impose tariffs,” they wrote in an amicus brief filed this week in a lawsuit brought by two small businesses that design educational toys and pet items, NOTUS reported Friday. The brief was signed by a total of 14 lawyers and former officials, including Federalist Society co-chair Steven Calabresi and former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, the publication added.

“This dispute is not about the wisdom of tariffs or the politics of trade,” the group wrote. “It is about who holds the power to tax the American people.”

‘Who holds the power?’ Defenders of Trump in criminal cases turn on him in court filing
A group of conservative legal heavyweights — including some who once defended Donald Trump against his criminal prosecutions — are now urging a federal judge to strike down the former president’s sweeping tariff policy. “Congress, not the president, has the power to impose tariffs,” they wrote in an amicus brief filed this week in a lawsuit brought…

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Law & Crime: ‘No such power … is given to the President’: Full appeals court thwarts Trump’s firing of Biden-appointed board members, setting stage for SCOTUS showdown

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A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to oust members of two independent federal labor agencies in a pair of back-and-forth cases that will likely set the stage for a showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court and have a profound impact on President Donald Trump’s continued effort to slash the federal workforce.

In a 7-4 vote, the full panel of judges on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the president from removing Cathy A. Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), reasoning that they were improperly dismissed without cause.

“The government has not demonstrated the requisite ‘strong showing that [it] is likely [to] succeed on the merits’ of these two appeals,” the panel wrote in a three-page per curiam order. “The government likewise has not shown a strong likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that there is no available remedy for Harris or Wilcox, or that allowing the district court’s injunctions to remain in place pending appeal is impermissible.”

‘No such power … is given to the President’: Full appeals court thwarts Trump’s firing of Biden-appointed board members, setting stage for SCOTUS showdown
The full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday reinstated two members of federal labor boards that President Trump tried to fire. The post ‘No such power … is given to the President’: Full appeals court thwarts Trump’s firing of Biden-appointed board members, setting stage for SCOTUS showdown first appeared on Law & Crime.

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