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As always I am grateful to Jenner & Block for their pro bono support, and to my fellow amici, including @danieldbunn.bsky.social @kclausing.bsky.social @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social @kylepomerleau.bsky.social.

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…assumptions; and that the tariffs are large enough to raise a major question because of the revenue they raise, their effects on consumers, and their impact on firms and U.S. competitiveness. You can read the full brief here: www.aei.org/wp-content/u...

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The pretextual justification for these tariffs is the burden on US commerce from overseas production involving forced labor. We explain that the tariffs are disproportionate compared to the economic impact of forced labor on U.S. employment, production, and trade under any set of reasonable…

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Kimberly Clausing @kclausing.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Pleased to present the economist amicus brief we filed yesterday in support of plaintiffs in litigation against the administration’s latest round of worldwide tariffs, imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Happy to be a part of this effort. These forced labor tariffs make no sense unless they are understood for what they are: a clear attempt to take authority that belongs to Congress. The tariffs bear no relation to possible underlying harms; they merely create a distortionary and regressive tax.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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I find it infuriating and unnerving how liberals are unable to recognize brownshirts when they see them, or understand that brownshirts exist along a separate axis of public mobilization than “protesters,” which is how they’re always described. These aren’t protesters, they’re paramilitaries!

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Remember kids, communism isn’t when the government owns the means of production. It’s when someone with blue hair tells you their pronouns, as Karl Marx demanded.

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As always I am grateful to Aaron Cooper, Debbie Berman, Adam Unikowsky, and their colleagues at Jenner & Block, as well as to Holger Spamann, for their pro bono counsel.

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The government's interpretation of the statutes and the economic concepts in it would grant it unconstrained authority to impose worldwide tariffs that, as we have seen, have vast economic and political significance. You can read the full brief here: www.aei.org/wp-content/u...

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Separately, we argue the United States does not face the "fundamental international payments problems" the statute requires as a threshold condition for authorizing (or in fact, mandating) the tariffs.

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With floating exchange rates, no balance-of-payments imbalance can be “large and serious" in the sense of Section 122.

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We explain what such deficits looked like in the context of fixed exchange rates policymakers found themselves in until the 1970s, and that the government conflates balance-of-payments deficits with negative intermediate balances on the accounting statement known as the Balance of Payments.

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In the brief, we argue that "large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficits," which the tariffs purportedly address, are impossible in today's system of floating exchange rates.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I organized an economist amicus brief in support of affirmance of the Court of International Trade's ruling in Oregon v. Trump and Burlap and Barrel v. Donald J. Trump that the administration exceeded its authority when it imposed 10% worldwide tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Update: the government now agrees with G.M.’s counsel that because governor Hochul pardoned him in late August, the basis for his removal and 1226(c) detention is gone and the case is moot. The Second Circuit’s ruling stands, and victory is ours.

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@graemeblair.com, David Hausman, and I organized an amicus brief in Genalo v . G.M., a case the Supreme Court will hear in October. The case revolves around the question of whether due process requires bond hearings for those subject to prolonged immigration detention under Section 1226(c).

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In my second post on DC’s federal funding for Capital Commonsense, I compare DC to the 50 states. capitalcommonsense.substack.com/p/how-does-t...

How Does the District’s Federal Funding Compare to the 50 States?

In my previous post, I explained how the federal government contributes to funding DC’s local government.

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The conclusion is clear: DC would end up with more revenue than it collects now, most of the additional revenue would be raised from non-residents, and its federal share would be middle-of-the-pack.

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I then engage in the following thought experiment: what if we removed DC’s special federal subsidies, but let it raise revenue like the states?

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I start from consolidated state and local figures from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, but make a couple of adjustments that reflect flows unique to DC. These numbers make it seem as if DC’s funding is particularly generous.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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If I had a reporter covering the State Department, I’d ask that person to find out what Marco Rubio does all day, outside of cutting foreign aid.

US Envoys Due in Kyiv After Putin Says Ending War 'Not
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets US enovys Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner prior to talks at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, in this photograph distributed by the Russian state news agency Sputnik on Sept. 5. Photographer: Gavriil Grigorov/ Sputnik/Pool/AP Photo

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here is my monthly roundup. A short one for August, featuring among other things DC’s federal funding and the US labor market. Subscribe to receive future editions! open.substack.com/pub/veugerit...

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Veugerity — Issue #3

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Kind of surprised not a single outlet wanted this. Maybe the interest is gone and this is just what America is now. Lots of photographers asking me about southwest Florida though!

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This is my most viewed video on Instagram ever with 2.5 million views. No licenses. Never had such a big delta between public interest and media interest!

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Today’s merit-delaying ruling on mail voting reflects a studied naïveté by the majority about whether what Trump is up to Is illegal. (Who can know until his team takes definitive coercive action?) As Justice Jackson writes, it “needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty” into the fall elections.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If you want to go to a trade school, great? Think college isn’t for you? Ok. But that’s not what this is, this is the government trying to do culture war social engineering while also staring down their noses at poor kids and preemptively deciding things like: I don’t want you as my doctor, next

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Come to the American Enterprise Institute on October 9! You will hear about @omzidar.bsky.social and Eric Zwick’s book, “The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There,” from the authors and Greg Ip. Register here: www.aei.org/events/the-e... Lunch will be served.

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