LJC In The News
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump Tariffs
Author: Ryan Knappenberger (Courthouse News Service)—A Court of International Trade panel ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to levy blanket tariffs against foreign trade partners under a Nixon-era statute intended to define the executive’s role over economic transactions during a national emergency. “The question in...
Federal Court Blocks Trump From Imposing Sweeping Tariffs Under Emergency Powers Law
Authors: Lindsay Whitehurst, Josh Boak (Associated Press)—A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump’s signature set of economic policies that have rattled global financial markets, frustrated trade partners and raised broader fears about inflation...
A Federal Court Just Blocked Trump’s Tariffs
Author: Eric Boehm (Reason)—The U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday evening struck down President Donald Trump’s use of emergency executive powers to impose tariffs on nearly all imports. The ruling includes an injunction that immediately blocks the collection of tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel
Authors: Tony Romm, Ana Swanson (New York Times)—A panel of federal judges on Wednesday blocked President Trump from imposing some of his steepest tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, finding that federal law did not grant him “unbounded authority” to tax imports from nearly every country around the...
U.S. Federal Court Rules Against Trump’s Fentanyl and ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
Author: Kelly Geraldine Malone (The Canadian Press)—United States President Donald Trump hit a major legal barrier for his plan to realign global trade after a federal court on Wednesday blocked both the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs and the fentanyl-related duties against Canada and Mexico. The U.S. Court of International Trade...
Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs, Others
Author: Brett Rowland (The Center Square)—A federal court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump doesn’t have unilateral authority to impose tariffs under an emergency law, blocking tariffs that upended markets and worried businesses and consumers. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade unanimously ruled Congress did not...
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump’s Tariffs in Sweeping Ruling
Author: Zach Schonfeld (The Hill)—A federal court ruled Wednesday that an emergency law does not provide President Trump with unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country, blocking a series of tariff announcements dating back to February that have rattled financial markets. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court...
Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs
Authors: James Fanelli, Gavin Bade (Wall Street Journal)—A federal trade court ruled President Trump didn’t have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually every nation, voiding the levies that have sparked a global trade war and threatened to upend the world economy. The decision on Wednesday from the Court...
Trade Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Tariffs, Ruling They Exceed Legal Authority
Author: Zac Anderson (USA Today)—A federal court ruled President Donald Trump can’t use an emergency-powers law to impose tariffs on foreign countries, dealing a blow to his trade agenda. The three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade unanimously found that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of...
US Court Blocks Trump From Imposing the Bulk of his Tariffs
Authors: Ramishah Maruf, David Goldman (CNN)—A federal court on Wednesday ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority to impose sweeping tariffs that have raised the cost of imports for everyone from giant businesses to everyday Americans. But the administration immediately appealed the decision on Wednesday night, leaving the situation...
We Won Our Tariff Case!
Author: Ilya Somin (Reason)—The US Court of International Trade just issued a unanimous ruling in the case against Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US businesses harmed by the tariffs. The ruling also covers the case filed by twelve states led...
Appeals Court Reinstates Trump’s Tariffs For Now After Ruling Blocking Them
Authors: Katherine Faulders, Peter Charalambous, Steven Portnoy (ABC News)—A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily delayed Wednesday’s court order blocking President Donald Trump’s tariffs, reinstating them at least for the time being. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an administrative stay of the decision while...
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Halted by Court of International Trade
Authors: David J. Lynch and Cat Zakrzewski (The Washington Post)—A specialized federal court in New York on Wednesday ruled that most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs — including those on Chinese goods — are illegal, upending negotiations with more than a dozen nations and creating fresh uncertainty for countless American...
US Court Blocks Most Trump Tariffs, Says President Exceeded His Authority
Authors: Dietrich Knauth, Daniel Wiessner (Reuters)—A U.S. trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs in a sweeping ruling on Wednesday that found the president overstepped his authority by imposing across-the-board duties on imports from U.S. trading partners. The Court of International Trade said the U.S. Constitution gives Congress...
Why This Former Trump-Supporting Entrepreneur Is Leading a Lawsuit Against Tariffs
Author: Bruce Crumley (Inc.)—The first court case seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s policy of sweeping tariffs is underway, and it wasn’t filed by progressive opponents of the White House or a Fortune 500 company commanding a small army of corporate lawyers. Instead, it is spearheaded by a 42-year-old entrepreneur...