“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Monday that he would attend the Supreme Court arguments this week over President Trump’s power to levy many of his tariffs, emphasizing how pivotal the case could be to Mr. Trump’s signature economic policy,” the New York Times reports.
Said Bessent: “I’m actually going to go and sit hopefully in the front row and listen, have a ringside seat.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.