Commentary
Part I of this series can be read here.
Viewpoints
Opinion
The Trump Tariffs: Explaining the Constitutional Complexities—Part II
Respecting, rather than confronting, congressional pretensions.
President Donald Trump signs trade sanctions against China in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on March 22, 2018. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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