Benjamin Wittes
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Two other cases I want to ask you about. One is California's the state of California's lawsuit against the administration on tariffs. I assume the administration is going to say that a state can't get involved in national security issues right in the same way that when Texas was trying to get involved with immigration issues, you can't make immigration policy.
I assume the federal government is going to say, hey, a state can't decide trade policy, though they can make their own sometimes agreements, sometimes has to do with state taxes and things like that. But what's your sense of that lawsuit and what and whether it's going to go anywhere?
I assume the federal government is going to say, hey, a state can't decide trade policy, though they can make their own sometimes agreements, sometimes has to do with state taxes and things like that. But what's your sense of that lawsuit and what and whether it's going to go anywhere?
I assume the federal government is going to say, hey, a state can't decide trade policy, though they can make their own sometimes agreements, sometimes has to do with state taxes and things like that. But what's your sense of that lawsuit and what and whether it's going to go anywhere?
It's an international emergency, which I assume becomes national security.
It's an international emergency, which I assume becomes national security.
It's an international emergency, which I assume becomes national security.
And what are those what are those lawsuits against the tariffs themselves or do they become essentially. the same type of lawsuits we were describing with AID contractors.
And what are those what are those lawsuits against the tariffs themselves or do they become essentially. the same type of lawsuits we were describing with AID contractors.
And what are those what are those lawsuits against the tariffs themselves or do they become essentially. the same type of lawsuits we were describing with AID contractors.
I think your tariff policy bankrupted me.
I think your tariff policy bankrupted me.
I think your tariff policy bankrupted me.
And I believe that a- You're overreading your power in the emergency acts?
And I believe that a- You're overreading your power in the emergency acts?
And I believe that a- You're overreading your power in the emergency acts?
The discovery of of life on another planet. Now, he could worry that's an emergency for the entire globe. Right. Sorry. I'm just I would think so.
The discovery of of life on another planet. Now, he could worry that's an emergency for the entire globe. Right. Sorry. I'm just I would think so.
The discovery of of life on another planet. Now, he could worry that's an emergency for the entire globe. Right. Sorry. I'm just I would think so.
This could be just, you know.