Gavin Bade

And they said, you know, if it doesn't say that, we can't write it into the statute completely.

if Congress was going to give away that authority to the executive branch, it would have had to state it very explicitly.

And they said, this is just not the case.

They did not explicitly give away tariffing authority to the executive branch with this law.

If they were to do that, it would have to be, you know, clear as day.

It wouldn't be that they, oh, they...

Didn't write in tariff, but they meant tariff.

It wouldn't be an oblique mention.

And does that leave any of Trump's tariffs intact?

Yes, absolutely.

When you think about the tariffs on specific industries, the tariffs on steel and aluminum products, for instance, on cars and car parts, on trucks, on lumber.

All of these things were promulgated under what's called Section 232.

It's a much more often used, much more durable and familiar statute.

All of those are going to stay in place.

So, you know, the tariffs on steel and aluminum and products made out of them, those are still in place.

The ones on cars and trucks, still in place.

Lumber, etc.

And there are a number of other investigations that are still being worked through by the Trump administration under this law.

Kavanaugh, who has been very deferential to presidential powers, saying, well, I think they should have this authority.

It's under emergency authorities.