Here is a report on recent news and commentary related to the Federal Circuit and its cases. Today we highlight:
- an article indicating President Trump will ask the Supreme Court on an “expedited timeline” to overrule the Federal Circuit’s “ruling that found many of his punishing tariffs to be illegal”; and
- an article addressing how “[l]abor unions representing certain U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and National Weather Service employees filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order nullifying their labor protections.”
Tony Romm and Ana Swanson authored an article for the New York Times indicating President Trump will ask the Supreme Court on an “expedited timeline” to overrule the Federal Circuit’s “ruling that found many of his punishing tariffs to be illegal.” The authors suggest “the White House could face an uphill battle, given that legal scholars across the political spectrum have raised myriad objections to its claims to sweeping tariff powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.” The article notes that President “Trump does have other tariff tools at his disposal, but they are more limited than the emergency powers that he has invoked.” For more information on the ruling, check out our breaking news post and the relevant case page in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump.
Aruni Soni authored an article for Bloomberg Law addressing how “[l]abor unions representing certain U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and National Weather Service employees filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order nullifying their labor protections.” According to Soni, the lawsuit alleges that President “Trump and the other executives violated the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute” and that the executive orders were “pretext for other impermissible and extra-statutory motivations.”