Brett Kavanaugh
Brett Kavanaugh is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Notable Quotes
"The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly lawful."View Story →
"The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers. But that process is likely to be a 'mess,' as was acknowledged at oral argument."View Story →
"The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers."View Story →
"a mess"View Story →
"The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history and precedent, they are clearly lawful."View Story →
"The process is likely to be a mess."View Story →
"The refund process is likely to be a 'mess'."View Story →
""The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly lawful.""View Story →
"the president checked the wrong statutory box by relying on IEEPA rather than another statute to impose these tariffs"View Story →
"The process is likely to be a 'mess'."View Story →
"The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly lawful."View Story →
"The process is likely to be a 'mess'."View Story →
"the supreme court did nothing to remove all the other weapons Trump has to continue on the offensive."View Story →
"The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers."View Story →
"The Court says nothing today about whether, and if so how, the Government should go about returning the billions of dollars that it has collected from importers."View Story →
"The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly lawful."View Story →
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