Peter

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Section 338: The untested wild card Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 — a relic of the original Smoot-Hawley legislation — holds a unique status in this landscape: it has existed for nearly a century and has never been invoked. It gives the president authority to impose tariffs of up to 50% on countries that discriminate against U.S. commerce, subject to a 30-day notice requirement. Whether it will remain unused is genuinely uncertain. The current administration has demonstrated a consistent willingness to test the boundaries of available tariff authorities. If Section 338 were invoked, immediate legal challenge would be virtually certain given its untested status. But “has never been used” is not the same as “will never be used.” Compliance programs that monitor the full range of potential authorities are better positioned to respond if this one comes off the shelf. from Thomson Reuters Tax
Trump v United States: "We thus conclude that the President is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for conduct within his exclusive sphere of constitutional authority"
According to three people briefed on the internal investigation, Goldberg had emailed the campaign about a story that criticized Trump for his attitude towards wounded service members. To push back against the story, the campaign enlisted the help of Waltz, their national security surrogate. Goldberg’s email was forwarded to then Trump spokesperson Brian Hughes, who then copied and pasted the content of the email – including the signature block with Goldberg’s phone number – into a text message that he sent to Waltz, so that he could be briefed on the forthcoming story. Waltz did not ultimately call Goldberg, the people said, but in an extraordinary twist, inadvertently ended up saving Goldberg’s number in his iPhone – under the contact card for Hughes, now the spokesperson for the national security council.
excerpt: Ms. Sassoon, 38, joined the Southern District in 2016. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, she clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, and is a member of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group. Ms. Sassoon is best known for the successful fraud prosecution and 2023 conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, who received 25 years in prison. She also prosecuted Lawrence V. Ray, who was convicted in 2022 of extortion and sex trafficking related to his abuse of Sarah Lawrence College students. He was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
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grim reaper knocking on doors meme. “roe v wade” and “14A Section 3” are already murdered; “marbury v madison” is next
153. The quality of life in cities has much to do with systems of transport, which are often a source of much suffering for those who use them. Many cars, used by one or more people, circulate in cities, causing traffic congestion, raising the level of pollution, and consuming enormous quantities of non-renewable energy. This makes it necessary to build more roads and parking areas which spoil the urban landscape. Many specialists agree on the need to give priority to public transportation. Yet some measures needed will not prove easily acceptable to society unless substantial improvements are made in the systems themselves, which in many cities force people to put up with undignified conditions due to crowding, inconvenience, infrequent service and lack of safety.
The only institution capable of responding to this with any alacrity is Congress. ***But Congress is also led by Republicans, and both the Senate majority leader, John Thune, and the speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, have declined to take any steps to arrest the president’s illegal arrogation of power or Musk’s destructive effort to run the federal government.*** Thune and Johnson, acting with the support of Republicans in both chambers, have, in effect, renounced their power over the purse and abnegated their powers of oversight. Their Congress is supine, submissive and subordinate, less the equal of the president than a tool of the executive branch — a subject of his will.
costco out of stock of the 60-pack and 24-pack of plain white chicken eggs
taking a fresh christmas tree home inside a SF Muni PCC streetcar
factorio spaceship that got absolutely destroyed on the way to Aquilo
map of stop sign location son J church route in Noe Valley. there are stop signs at 8 intersections between 24-29 st inclusive
thirst trap in pink running shorts at a new york equinox gym on greenwich ave
screenshot of X app deactivation page