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Are Trump’s Tariffs Lawful?

November 06, 2025

In this episode, Samuel Estreicher of the NYU School of Law and John Yoo of the UC Berkeley School of Law join to recap the oral arguments from the pair of challenges to President Trump’s tariffs and discuss whether International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to impose extensive tariffs on nearly all goods imported into the United States. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

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Today’s episode was produced by Bill Pollock and Griffin Richie. It was engineered by Bill Pollock. Research was provided by Griffin Richie, Anna Salvatore, Trey Sullivan, and Tristan Worsham.

 

Participants

Samuel Estreicher is the Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Public Law, the Director of the Center for Labor and Employment Law, and the Director of the Institute of Judicial Administration at the NYU School of Law. A nationally preeminent scholar in labor and employment law, he has authored more than a dozen books, including Beyond Elite Law: Access to Civil Justice in America. 

John Yoo is the Emanuel Heller Chair in Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law and the Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Austin. His most recent book, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Supreme Court, was published in 2023.

Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. He is also professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. His newest book, Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle over Power in America, is out in October 2025.

 

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