The tariff case, the Supreme Court's final decisions of the term, and the nation's Semiquincentennial all point to the same lesson: liberty depends on limits.
In a few days, the Supreme Court will release its final decisions of the term. Commentators will immediately begin sorting the winners from the losers, tallying ideological victories, and speculating about political consequences. But as America approaches its 250th birthday, there is a more important question: Does our Constitution still have the power to say no?
Over the past year, I watched that question move from civics textbooks to the lives of small-business owners across the country. Family businesses suddenly found themselves paying tariffs imposed under emergency powers that Congress never granted the executive. Many of these businesses were importers with ...
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