Overview

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit stayed the U.S. Court of International Trade’s ruling that had invalidated Trump’s emergency‐powers tariffs.
• Trump publicly attacked the three‐judge Manhattan‐based panel that blocked his tariff measures, questioning their origins and motives.
• The president blamed the Federalist Society for providing “bad advice” on judicial nominations and labeled its co‐chair Leonard Leo a “sleazebag” who “probably hates America.”
• Leonard Leo has been instrumental in shaping the federal judiciary, playing a major role in the nomination and confirmation of roughly a third of the current Supreme Court justices.
• Frustrated with the Federalist Society’s guidance, Trump has turned to close allies like former personal attorney Emil Bove for his latest judicial picks.