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Donald Trump's erratic tariff war with America's trading partners has reached the point where the editors of the normally Trump-supporting National Review are begging the courts to shut the whole thing down.

In an editorial on Thursday morning, under the headline "Trump's Reckless New Tariffs," the editors expressed their exasperation with the president for now sending off letters to world leaders threatening the tariffs that have been on-again, off-again as deadlines have come and gone.

With Trump's "Liberation Day" deadline kicked down the road, the editors note that multiple judges have already ruled that the reciprocal tariffs Trump has advocated for under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act don't pass legal muster.

With that in mind, they point out that the letters the president has been touting with yet another deadline are a waste of time.

Pointing out that reaction to the letters on the markets has been greeted with a shrug ("They don’t believe him") they added, "That doesn’t make the tariffs any less crazy. He is sending these letters to foreign leaders as though they are the ones who pay tariffs. Trump should be sending all of these to the American people, as they are the ones who would bear the burden of these tax hikes."

As for Trump making demands of marginal trading partners, the editors wrote, "Presidents should not behave this way, and they can’t. Trump’s actions under IEEPA have already been ruled illegal by one federal court, and oral arguments for the appeals court are scheduled for July 31."

With those hearings just weeks away, they added, "If they put an end to Trump’s tariff spree, the courts would be doing the rule of law, and the markets, a favor."

You can read the editorial here.

Department of Justice official Emil Bove may hit another roadblock on his path to a lifetime appointment to a federal judgeship that is expected to be up for a vote next week.

According to a report from CBS News, emails and text messages shared with Congress –– and obtained by CBS –– from former DOJ lawyer Erez Reuveni demonstrate that Bove likely engaged in unethical behavior with regard to the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

According to the report, "The text and email messages, which were obtained by Democratic leadership on the Senate Judiciary Committee, show Reuveni unsuccessfully pressed his colleagues and other federal agencies for assistance in fulfilling a court order that Abrego Garcia be returned to the U.S. in March. Dozens of the email messages also allegedly reveal attempts by Trump administration officials to label Abrego Garcia a leader of the gang MS-13 — which Abrego Garcia's lawyers have strongly denied — and downplay the agency's mistake in removing him to El Salvador. "

The report adds that Bove is implicated by another Justice Department official pointing "to alleged instructions from Bove to communicate a 'f--- you' to the court's order that Abrego Garcia and others be returned from El Salvador to U.S. custody after the March 15 deportation flights."

Bove has been tapped by Trump for a seat on the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

You can read more here.