William Kovacs served as senior vice-president for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce chief-counsel to a congressional committee; chairman of a state environmental regulatory board; and a partner in law D.C. law firms. He is the author of Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens, winner of the 2021 Independent Press Award for Social/Political Change.
If Trump’s tariffs are ruled illegal, Americans could pay twice—first through higher prices, then again through taxpayer-funded settlements under the Judgment Fund.
Federalism is essential to governing the U.S., yet the federal government is undermining it by bribing states to implement unnecessary federal programs.