# Multimedia Multimedia --- - [Podcasts](/podcasts) - [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video) - [Video Series](/search/category/video-series) - [Events](/multimedia/events) [ Download Episode ](https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/episodes/68b892eab4b4b9b3d2f7d460.mp3)Subscribe: [ Apple Podcasts ](http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/cato-daily-podcast/id158961219) [ Spotify ](https://open.spotify.com/show/4dHRhKEljj8zcLdl3Gvsv7) Cato Weekly Podcast • September 4, 2025 # First, Do No Harm What should “public health in a free society” look like, and what limits should courts impose on executive trade powers? This week’s panel covers the shakeup at the CDC, asks whether America really needs a Surgeon General, and unpacks a blockbuster ruling from the Federal Circuit declaring most of President Trump’s global tariffs illegal. #### Show Notes [![CDC](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-08/CDC%20image.jpg?itok=YaU0Bto-)](https://www.cato.org/blog/breaking-governments-grip-medical-debate) blog ### [Breaking the Government’s Grip on Medical Debate](/blog/breaking-governments-grip-medical-debate) By [Jeffrey A. Singer](https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-singer) If there’s a silver lining, it’s that the unraveling at CDC may finally break the government’s grip on medical debate — returning science to scientists, where it belongs. [![Low angle view of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington D.C., a Brutalist government office building and the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-06/HHS%20-%20Hero%2016x9.jpg?itok=YqHmtDaQ)](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/unnecessary-relics) Study ### [Unnecessary Relics](/policy-analysis/unnecessary-relics) By [Jeffrey A. Singer](https://www.cato.org/people/jeffrey-singer), Akiva Malamet, [Bautista Vivanco](https://www.cato.org/people/bautista-vivanco), & [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) Neither the Office of the Surgeon General nor the Commissioned Corps is necessary. Eliminating them and reassigning legitimate public health activities to other agencies would improve public health and the federal budget outlook. [![trump tariff](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-04/trump%20tariffs%20.jpg?itok=oQ_A_6he)](https://www.cato.org/legal-briefs/vos-selections-inc-v-trump) Legal Briefs ### [V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump](/legal-briefs/vos-selections-inc-v-trump) By [Thomas A. Berry](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry), [Brent Skorup](https://www.cato.org/people/brent-skorup), and [Charles Brandt](https://www.cato.org/people/charles-brandt) In our brief, we provide historical context about Congress’s constitutional role in tariff policy and IEEPA’s original purpose. [![](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/brightcove/videos/images/posters/image_34126.jpg?itok=S1i6Nwja)](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/tariffs-emergencies-presidential-power-conversation-ilya-somin-walter-olson) Events ### [Tariffs, Emergencies, and Presidential Power: A Conversation with Ilya Somin and Walter Olson](/multimedia/events/tariffs-emergencies-presidential-power-conversation-ilya-somin-walter-olson) Featuring [Ilya Somin](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-somin), [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson), and [Brent Skorup](https://www.cato.org/people/brent-skorup) Can the president unilaterally impose tariffs under his emergency powers? [![Capital Building with money](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2024-03/GettyImages-922901040.jpg?itok=pbj4zVH8)](https://www.cato.org/news-releases/senate-bill-could-increase-debt-6-trillion-cato-analysis) News Releases ### [Senate Bill Could Increase Debt by $6 Trillion — Cato Analysis](/news-releases/senate-bill-could-increase-debt-6-trillion-cato-analysis) The House must hold the line, reject the Senate’s blunder, and advance a more fiscally responsible package, because pro-growth tax policy must go hand-in-hand with fiscal responsibility. 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