In Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, No. 24-1287 (Sup. Ct.) and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc., No. 25-250 (Sup. Ct.), the Supreme Court is considering the Trump Administration’s authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Oral arguments are Wednesday, November 5, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Law school faculty and affiliates have submitted the following amicus briefs in the tariff cases:
- Professors of administrative law and other subjects, including Alejandro E. Camacho (UC Irvine), Bryan T. Camp (Texas Tech), William S. Dodge (George Washington), Samuel Estreicher (NYU), Julian Ku (Hofstra), Michael D. Ramsey (San Diego), Jonathan J. Rusch (American), Joshua D. Sarnoff (DePaul), Peter L. Strauss (Columbia) & Alan O. Sykes (Stanford)
- Advancing American Freedom et al., including Kimberly Clausing (UCLA)
- George F. Allen et al., including Richard Epstein (NYU), Harold Hongju Koh (Yale), Gerard Magliocca (Indiana), Alan Sykes (Stanford), Alexander Volokh (Emory) & Philip Zelikow (Hoover Institution) (also: brief on cert)
- Vikram David Amar (UC Davis) & Mickey Edwards
- American Center for Law and Justice (Regent)
- American College of Tax Counsel, including Theodore P. Seto (Loyola LA), Susan C. Morse (Texas) & Andy Grewal (Iowa)
- Julian Arato (Michigan), Rachel Brewster (Duke), Harlan Grant Cohen (Fordham), David Singh Grewal (UC Berkeley), J. Benton Heath (Temple), Timothy Meyer (Duke) Gregory Shaffer (Georgetown) & Chantal Thomas (Cornell)
- Aditya Bamzai (UVA)
- Brennan Center for Justice (NYU)
- More than two-score economists, including Alan J. Auerbach (UC Berkeley), Kimberly Clausing (UCLA), Mihir A. Desai (Harvard), Kyle Pomerleau (AEI) & Alan D. Viard (AEI)
- Former government officials and legal scholars, including Richard Painter (Minnesota) & Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec (William & Mary)
- Historians of constitutional law and the presidency, including Lawrence Lessig (Harvard), Gautham Rao (American, History) & Lawrence Sager (Texas)
- Institute for Policy Integrity (NYU), with faculty director Richard L. Revesz (NYU)
- Professors of U.S. foreign relations law Andrew Kent (Fordham) & Paul Stephan (UVA)
- Chad Squitieri (Catholic)
- Tax law professors Conor Clarke (Wash U), Jon Endean (Brooklyn), Ari Glogower (Northwestern) & Daniel Hemel (NYU)
Related TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Endean: Tariffs as Taxes: A Framework for Understanding Delegation of the Taxing Power (Oct. 25, 2025)
- SSRN Review And Roundup: Narotzki Reviews The Origination Clause And The President’s Tariffs By Morse, Oei & Ring (Oct. 24, 2025)
- Clausing: Trump Pushes Tariffs To Shift The Tax Burden From The Rich To The Poor And Middle Class (Feb. 24, 2025)
- Avi-Yonah & Narotzki: The Tariffs Are Coming! The Tariffs Are Coming! (Dec. 26, 2024)
- Why We Should Care That Tariffs Are Taxes (Aug. 19, 2024)
- NY Times: Trump’s Proposed Tax Cuts And Increased Tariffs Could Hurt Poorer Households (July 22, 2024)
Related SCOTUSblog coverage: here
