Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 30

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

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In a live conversation on May 30, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Scott Anderson, and Roger Parloff to discuss legal challenges against President Trump’s executive actions, including two court rulings finding President Trump’s IEEPA tariffs to be unlawful, the government’s appeal of those rulings, the Supreme Court allowing Trump to end humanitarian status for 500,000 migrants, updates in CREW’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against DOGE, and so much more.You can find information on legal challenges to Trump administration actions here. And check out Lawfare’s new homepage on the litigation here and new Bluesky account here.

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1:07.2	It's the Lawfare podcast. I'm Benjamin Wittes, Fairs Editor-in-Chief with Lawfare senior editors,
1:15.5	Scott R. Anderson, Anna Bauer, and Roger Parloff.
1:20.0	On May 30th, before a live audience, it was the trials of the Trump administration.
1:26.3	We discussed the two court ruling,
1:28.3	finding President Trump's tariffs to be unlawful
1:31.5	under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
1:35.3	We talked about the Supreme Court's allowing Trump
1:38.6	to end humanitarian status for some migrants,
1:42.6	updates in litigation against Doge, and so much more.
1:51.0	Hey, folks, welcome to the second of this week's Lawfare Lives, Trump's Trials and Tribulations
2:00.4	Edition.
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