The Trump administration’s broad assertions of authority, lack of candor, and bad faith before federal courts, especially over the Alien Enemies Act and the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, have undermined the Supreme Court’s willingness to accord the government’s actions the presumption of regularity. Jack Landman Goldsmith assesses these legal issues and their impact on the Court’s traditional relationship with the solicitor general as his first oral argument looms on May 15.

President Donald Trump has also pushed legal boundaries this week by threatening to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Former White House Counsel Peter J. Wallison explains why the Supreme Court would be unlikely to allow the president to override statutory protections of the central bank’s independence.

Trump’s comments on Powell only added to the stock market turbulence and economic headwinds generated by raised tariffs. In a new AEI Economic Perspectives report, Kyle Pomerleau and Erica York provide a comprehensive overview of the negative economic consequences of increasing US tariffs.

Their findings only underline that tariffs cannot accomplish the president’s stated objectives. Writing in Financial Times, Chris Miller shows why this is especially true for tariffs on microchips and semiconductors, which would only undermine efforts to reduce America’s dependence on China.

In response to mismanagement and leadership failures that have threatened the integrity and quality of American higher education, university trustees are increasingly being empowered as agents of reform on campuses across the country. A new edited volume from Preston Cooper and Lindsey Burke featuring contributions from leading scholars and reformers provides trustees with concrete guidance on how they can properly fulfill their new roles to restore viewpoint diversity and deliver quality and value for students.