Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump · ¶319

Today's case should follow a fortiori from Algonquin. No meaningful daylight exists between the statutory phrase “adjust the imports” in Section 232 at issue in Algonquin and the phrase “regulate . . . importation” in IEEPA at issue here. The plaintiffs and the Court in this case do not even try to distinguish “adjust the imports” from “regulate . . . importation.” Nor could they. Recall that the dictionary definition of “regulate” includes “adjust by rule.” Black's Law Dictionary, at 1156 (5th ed. 1979) (emphasis added). To adjust imports is to regulate imports. Indeed, if anything, the phrase “regulate . . . importation” is broader in scope than the phrase “adjust the imports.”

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