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--:-- Georgia Howe: The Supreme Court takes up the question of President Trump's authority to impose reciprocal tariffs as billions in revenue hangs in the balance.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The exercise of the power is to impose tariffs, right? And the statute doesn't use the word tariffs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: I'm Georgia Howe. John's off this morning. It's Thursday, November 6th. And this is Morning Wire.
--:-- Georgia Howe: He would not allow the New York Police Department to engage or to cooperate with ICE or DHS? Not in civil immigration enforcement.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A standoff between Zohran Mamdani and immigration officials is brewing in New York City, but ICE isn't blinking.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Like I'm at, we're going to be in New York City, and President Trump said it two weeks ago, we're going to double down, triple down in sanctuary cities.
--:-- Georgia Howe: And with Californians passing Prop 50, the battle to shift the balance of power in Congress ratchets up.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It overturns our constitutional ban on gerrymandering and instead institutes one of the most gerrymandered maps in modern history.
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--:-- Georgia Howe: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging Trump's authority to level broad tariffs.
--:-- Georgia Howe: The ruling will have a significant impact on Trump's signature trade policy.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Here with the details is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: So, let's start with some background on this. What exactly is being challenged here?
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The case the court heard is called Learning Resources Inc v. Trump, which was consolidated with another similar case.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: There are also about a dozen or so Democrat-led states that are suing the Trump administration for this too.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: In total, seven businesses argue that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to impose sweeping tariffs like he's done, and they say that those tariffs have caused them significant financial harm.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The tariffs at issue cover a wide range of imported goods, with many set around 10% on nearly every U.S. trading partner.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Those were enacted because of the trade deficit and the declining American industrial base, according to the Trump administration, which they said is an emergency.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The other set of tariffs are more targeted. They relate to an emergency of border protection and the illegal flow of drugs into the U.S.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: China, Canada, and Mexico were hit with varying rates of tariffs there.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Now, in terms of the constitutional authority for the president to do this, what were the arguments from each side?
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Well, the plaintiffs argued that tariffs are taxes and the power of the purse belongs to Congress and not the president.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: They claim that the statute that Trump is citing to enact these tariffs, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act or IEPA, they say that doesn't explicitly allow the president to impose tariffs, though it does give him a lot of other power when it comes to foreign trade during a declared emergency.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: It's typically been used for sanctions.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: The Trump administration, however, argues that IEPA does allow the president to enact tariffs, even if it's never been used for that before.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: They argue that the issues at the border clearly constitutes an emergency, thereby allowing these tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: And similarly, the trade deficit, along with other reasoning, that's an emergency, they said, which justifies those other more broad tariffs.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Now, how did the court seem to respond to those arguments? Were there any signals about how they are leaning?
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: In general, the justices did seem more skeptical towards the Trump administration.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: But, you know, the skepticism did cut both ways.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Here's Kavanaugh pressing against the plaintiff's arguments.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Your interpretation of the statute, as she pointed out, would allow the president to shut down all trade with every other country in the world or to impose some significant quota on imports from every other country in the world.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: But would not allow a 1% tariff.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: And that leaves, in the government's words in this brief, an odd donut hole in the statute.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: That doesn't seem to have a lot of common sense behind it.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Another key moment focused in on what exactly constitutes an emergency and if there are limits there.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Justice Gorsuch suggested that if the court does broadly side with the Trump administration, this would unleash a lot of power for future administrations.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Could the president impose a 50 percent tariff on gas-powered cars and auto parts to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat from abroad of climate change?
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: It's very likely that that can be done.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Very likely.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: I think that has to be the logic of your view.
--:-- Georgia Howe: This is obviously a major pillar for the Trump administration.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Yeah, well, Trump very much believes in tariffs.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: He's been talking about tariffs and trade policy for decades now, and he believes that Americans have been taken advantage of for too long and tariffs can help level the playing field.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: He framed this case as literally life or death for our country.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, he said that victory at the court would mean financial and national security for America, but a loss would mean the U.S. again being taken advantage of.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: In a Supreme Court brief, the administration put it this way.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: With tariffs, we are a rich nation.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Without tariffs, we are a poor nation.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Press Secretary Caroline Levitt echoed that same sentiment on Tuesday during a press briefing.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: This year alone, we are going to cut the deficit by $600 billion, namely because of the president's effective use of tariffs.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: And the president strongly believes that economic security is a matter of national security, and tariffs have a lot to do with that.
--:-- Georgia Howe: A decision in this case is expected by the summer, but, you know, things have been moving very quickly here, so it could be much sooner.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Well, ultimately, it does come down to the Constitution.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: Amanda, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Amanda Prestigiacomo: You're welcome.
--:-- Georgia Howe: New York's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has vowed to not cooperate with ICE, raising the question, how will immigration raids look now in New York City?
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire immigration reporter Jenny Ter is here now with more.
--:-- Jenny Ter: So, Jenny, what have you been hearing about the Trump administration plans to address the new situation on the ground in New York with regards to ICE?
--:-- Jenny Ter: Well, this morning I actually happened to be texting with border czar Tom Holman so I got a pretty direct answer on what going to be happening and it that ICE operations will continue and that they're not going to stop, despite the rhetoric of Zohran Mamdani, who has made these very big promises about continuing to keep ICE out of New York, keeping that sanctuary status, which really what it does is it prevents those local authorities from releasing illegal immigrant criminals to ICE directly.
--:-- Jenny Ter: It just allows them to continue to release them onto the streets.
--:-- Jenny Ter: And we know New York has a revolving door of justice.
--:-- Jenny Ter: So they just continue to perpetuate crime in the city.
--:-- Jenny Ter: And that's what it does.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Homan has been very much against that.
--:-- Jenny Ter: But he's also been pro going out and flooding cities that are sanctuaries with ICE agents, which seems to be what's going to happen here.
--:-- Georgia Howe: OK, so more of the status quo, it sounds like.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Yes, absolutely.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Jenny, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Thank you.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Jumping to another surprising development on illegal immigration in a red state, you've recently uncovered that the state of Texas is allowing illegal immigrants to obtain vehicle registrations.
--:-- Georgia Howe: What do we know about that?
--:-- Jenny Ter: So, while voters in Texas approved a proposition that would require that non-citizens stay out of voting.
--:-- Jenny Ter: There's been an issue that's been under the radar for a while now, which is that illegal immigrants can obtain vehicle registration to drive on the roads in Texas, even if they don't have a driver's license.
--:-- Jenny Ter: So this is a big issue that's coming up.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Obviously, illegal immigrants on the roads has been an issue that continues to make headlines, especially with truck driving.
--:-- Jenny Ter: But in the non-commercial area with the day-to-day that we all experience on the roads, this is something that's pretty shocking that's happening in a red state.
--:-- Jenny Ter: It also comes as ICE took to the streets recently.
--:-- Jenny Ter: And in a single day, they arrested about 120 illegal immigrants that were driving on the roads in Texas.
--:-- Jenny Ter: So this is a huge issue here, and it's just now coming to the surface.
--:-- Georgia Howe: So just to clarify, they can register their car without being a legal driver?
--:-- Jenny Ter: Right. So they don't have to have a license from the state.
--:-- Jenny Ter: And that's something that's just now coming to light.
--:-- Jenny Ter: The state authorities are now being questioned about it even.
--:-- Jenny Ter: So that would seem to be a pretty major oversight from the state.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Is it being addressed now that it's come to light?
--:-- Jenny Ter: Yes. So the state representative, Brian Harrison, actually sent a letter to the Texas DMV board requesting more information about this and saying that he had received alarming reports that this was happening.
--:-- Jenny Ter: If they don't act, if they fail to do anything to address this or ensure that it doesn't continue to happen, then he's threatening legislative action.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Jenny, thanks for reporting.
--:-- Jenny Ter: Thank you.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Proposition 50 passed by an overwhelming margin in California on Tuesday.
--:-- Georgia Howe: It's just the latest in what's likely to become a messy nationwide redistricting battle.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arkand joins us now.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: So, Cameron, good to have you on the show for the first time.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: This was not a surprise at all.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: The reason this passed by such an overwhelming margin had to do with the fact that it was significantly bankrolled by Democrats who led this effort.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: They led the charge.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: The spending on the opposition side was minimal compared to what we saw on the pro side of this.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: So this was not a surprise at all at least on a fundraising front.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, what does this ballot measure actually do and what kind of challenges could it face going forward?
--:-- Cameron Arkand: The biggest thing that it does is it gives permission for the state to basically redraw up to five congressional districts to make them so they favor Democrats.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, this was meant to be a counteraction to the state of Texas's effort to basically create a map the same way, but it would favor Republicans for five seats.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, when you look at the larger picture here, this could trigger redistricting efforts all around the country.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: We've already seen this in Missouri and North Carolina and in other states as well.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: This is one piece of the puzzle, one large piece of the puzzle, mind you, to making sure we get a better idea of what the maps could look like come 2026.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, could this just kind of end up evening out at the end of the day where it looks similar to what we have now?
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Sure.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: But we have a lot of court cases, a lot of potential legal battles, and different actions at the state level across the country that could influence that.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: The California Republican Party just announced a federal-level lawsuit against Prop 50 today and calling it unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: And that could also heavily create sweeping implications if it goes up through the federal court system.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, there's also a pending court case that could be a major factor in the 2026 map.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Yeah, so perhaps the biggest one, and this would be a legal earthquake if this does happen, Louisiana is dealing with a major Supreme Court case right now where they are essentially arguing to get rid of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: That essentially does take away to an extent the race factor in terms of how congressional maps are redrawn.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, if that does happen, if the Supreme Court does, say, make major reforms to the way the Voting Rights Act is as it stands now, that could end up being extremely beneficial to Republicans in the South, and that could lead to a redrawing of congressional districts that favor Republicans in that region of the country.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, that would probably trigger some gerrymandering in certain Democratic states, but by and large, that would end up being strong news for Republicans.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, who has more to gain from this effort? Are Democratic states currently more gerrymandered or are Republican states currently more gerrymandered?
--:-- Cameron Arkand: At the end of the day, we're seeing states where, you know, California, they want to get rid of a good chunk of their Republican seats.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: You look at places like Massachusetts where, you know, you had a good percentage of people in states of New England where very little Republican congressional representation.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Yet you had a good number of people in those states voting for Republicans.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: They voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: At least a good chunk of voters there did.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: And they do not have representation in those states right now.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: This is something that Republicans and anti-gerrymandering advocates have long said for now.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Now, Democrats really want to show that they can stand up to Trump, especially in the later half of his term.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: And the reason why we saw this ballot measure in California was a direct response to Trump calling for mid-decade redistricting in the state of Texas.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: At least that's the way that they have framed this in this instance.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: And so Democrats really want to show, especially in California, that they are going to counter Trump's agenda, especially in the latter half of his term.
--:-- Georgia Howe: All right. Well, Cameron, thank you so much for coming on.
--:-- Cameron Arkand: Thank you.
--:-- Georgia Howe: Thanks for waking up with us.
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