helps to leaven the occasional overripe lyric, such as, “There is no future that can’t be designed/With imagination and a beautiful mind,” in the title track.
, finding that Trump could not use a 1977 law to declare a national emergency on trade imbalances and fentanyl smuggling to justify a series of import taxes that have unsettled the world. Reordering the global economy by executive fiat was an unconstitutional end-run around Congress’ powers, the three-judge panel of Trump, Obama and Reagan appointees ruled in a scathing rebuke of Trump’s action.The setbacks fit a broader pattern for a president who has advanced an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power. Federal courts have called out the lack of
in some of Trump’s deportation efforts. His, now working their way through Congress, are so costly that some of them can’t be made permanent, as Trump had wished. His efforts to humblehave encountered legal obstacles. And he’s running up against reality as his pledges to quickly end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have turned into slogs.
The laws of political gravity, the separation of powers and geopolitical realities are proving to be tougher to conquer than Trump will publicly admit. As various legal skirmishes play out, he may have to choose between bowing to the limits of his power or trying to ignore the judicial system.“If the latter, we may have a constitutional crisis,” said University of Texas history professor H.W. Brands.
Trump blasted the ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, writing Thursday on his Truth Social platform, “If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power — The Presidency would never be the same!”
A second federal court on Thursday found Trump’s tariffs to be improper. Then a federal appeals court said the government can continue to collect the tariffs under the emergency powers law for now as the Trump administration challenges the ruling, though the government could be obligated to refund the money if the ruling is upheld.Yet at the same time, the Trump administration has been trying
for endangered and threatened species. Environmentalists say habitat destruction is the biggest cause of extinction.Patrick Donnelly, director of the center’s work across the Great Basin where the tui chub is found, said Nevada can’t afford to lose any more of its native fish species, like the Ash Meadows killifish and Raycraft Ranch springfish that became extinct decades ago.
“The Fish Lake Valley tui chub is barely clinging to existence,” he said. “I’m thrilled these fish are poised to get the life-saving protections they urgently need.”Under the Endangered Species Act, it is illegal to kill, import, export, possess or transport those species.