About this episode
Ken and Josh discuss various legal issues including tariffs, court decisions against the Trump Administration, and several lawsuits involving notable companies.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss the Customs Service saying its computers won't let it refund IEEPA tariffs, more situations where courts are telling the Trump Administration it can’t just ignore the need to get officials confirmed by the Senate , and another decision about ICE. That's for all subscribers. Paying subscribers will also hear our conversations about a number of additional lawsuits, including some especially weird ones: * Voting machine maker Smartmatic’s parent company under indictment over bribes its former executives are alleged to have paid in the Philippines, alleges that it is being selectively and vindictively prosecuted . * Anthropic suing over the Pentagon’s “supply chain risk” designation that threatens the company’s business. The company makes First Amendment claims, but Ken thinks its less glamorous arguments — like that the designation violated everyone’s favorite law, the Administrative Procedure Act — are more persuasive. * Nippon Life Insurance Company of America suing OpenAI , the makers of the ChatGPT AI engine. Nippon says it has been dogged by a vexatious litigant…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White
Topics covered
- tariffs
- legal challenges
- Trump Administration
- ICE decisions
- lawsuits
- First Amendment
- Administrative Procedure Act
Keywords
- tariffs
- Customs Service
- Trump Administration
- ICE
- Smartmatic
- Anthropic
- Nippon Life Insurance
- OpenAI
- ChatGPT
- lawsuits
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Customs Service, Trump Administration, ICE, Smartmatic, Anthropic, Nippon Life Insurance Company of America, OpenAI
Products: ChatGPT
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