The Trouble With Tariffs

Recent Supreme Court rulings have put new limits on the president’s ability to impose sweeping tariffs under claims of national emergency. The Law Talk crew breaks down what the Court actually decided, why Trump’s emergency-tariff theory failed, and how trade law, constitutional structure, and basic economics collided in the case. They also explore who really controls tariff power under the Constitution, why trade deficits don’t qualify as emergencies, and how doctrines like non-delegation and “major questions” are quietly reshaping executive authority.

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The Trouble With Tariffs is an episode from Law Talk With Epstein, Yoo & Senik by The Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

This episode is 68:18 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2026.

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