Since well before the November 6 election, President-elect Trump and his team have been discussing the imposition of tariffs on certain trade partners. The scope of possibilities range from all imports being subject to a 10% to 20% additional tariff, to the imposition of a 60% tariff on imports from China, to tariffs on vehicles from Mexico reaching as high as 100% to 200%.

On October 29, 2024, a panel of administrative law scholars convened to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. 

A recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States—to deny requests from states and industry groups to stay enforcement of the EPA’s rulemaking on methane and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions—was deemed a success by the EPA in its efforts to curb emissions from the oil and gas industry.