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How and why the conservative justices differed on tariffs
Erwin Chemerinsky
February 23, 2026
Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He is the author of twenty books, including leading casebooks and treatises about constitutional law, criminal procedure, and federal jurisdiction, and over 200 law review articles. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court.