LJC In The News
Trump Tariffs Get to Stay in Place For Now. What Happens Next?
Author: Peter Hoskins, Yang Tian (BBC News)—US President Donald Trump has been allowed to keep collecting tariffs while the White House appeals against a ruling that dealt a major blow to a key part of his economic policies. A day earlier the Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency...
Federal Circuit Issues Brief Administrative Stay in Our Tariff Case
Author: Ilya Somin (Reason)—Last night, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) 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 related case filed by...
US Appeals Court Allows Trump to Continue Tariffs While Appeal is Pending
Author: Alyssa Aquino (Law.com)—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave President Donald Trump the green light to continue enforcing his reciprocal teriffs on most global imports while its appellate judges mull over a request to stay a court order striking the duties down… To read the full...
Court Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs to Stop Tariffs, Includes Vermont Business and State
Author: Timothy McQuiston (Vermont Business)—The United States Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that the Trump Administration cannot use emergency powers to institute tariffs, saying that power lies with Congress alone. The court, in a unanimous decision, ordered the tariffs halted. On Thursday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Trump Tariff Appeal Heads to Patent-Heavy Specialist Court
Author: Michael Shapiro (Bloomberg Law)—The next battleground in President Donald Trump’s tariff push is a technocratic federal appeals court that spends most of its time resolving intellectual property disputes. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday granted the US Justice Department’s emergency motion to pause a...
Trump’s Own Judge Humiliates Him by Tearing Apart Key Policy
Author: Julia Ornedo (The Daily Beast)—A federal trade court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s market-roiling trade war after it ruled that he lacked the authority to impose global tariffs. The U.S. Court of International Trade blocked the bulk of Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” levies on Wednesday, bringing...
Court Rules President Trump’s Tariffs Exceed Legal Authority
Author: Jon Houke (Retail Wire)—A federal court has stopped President Donald Trump’s tariffs initiative. The U.S. Court of International Trade rejected the argument that the White House can use an emergency-powers law to levy tariffs on foreign countries. A three-judge panel ruled that the administration exceeded its authority. In an...
Trump Official Erupts at Reporter Who Asked About Attacks on Judges
Author: Sonam Sheth (Newsweek)—A senior White House trade official erupted on Thursday after a reporter questioned him about the administration’s attacks on judges who issue rulings that run counter to President Donald Trump‘s agenda. The Context Multiple Trump administration officials and congressional Republicans renewed their attacks on the judiciary after...
Wine Importer’s Lawsuit Might Stymie Trump’s Trade War
Author: Mitch Frank (Wine Spectator)—A federal court ruled May 28 that President Donald J. Trump had overstepped his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs of 10 percent on nearly every nation in the world, potentially raising the price of every imported bottle of wine in American stores and restaurants. A...
White House Grapples with Whiplash Legal Rulings Hitting Heart of Trump’s Economic Agenda
Authors: Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny (CNN)—For a White House that has grown accustomed to a rollercoaster of legal rulings, judicial decisions over the past day throwing President Donald Trump’s tariff plans into question landed like a bombshell. The rulings – which strike at the heart of Trump’s economic agenda –...
Appeals Court Pauses Ruling that Blocked Trump’s Tariffs
Authors: Dan Berman, Ramishah Maruf (CNN)—A federal appeals court has paused Wednesday night’s ruling from the Court of International Trade that blocked President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s ruling restores Trump’s ability to levy tariffs using the emergency powers he declared earlier...
Appeals Court Lifts Ban on Trump Tariffs
Author: Zach Schonfeld (The Hill)—A federal appeals court lifted the first of two rulings blocking President Trump’s tariffs on Thursday, handing him a temporary win after a lower court rejected the administration’s legal defense hours earlier. Many of Trump’s tariffs remain blocked under a separate ruling issued by a federal...
How a Small Wine Importer Took On Trump’s Tariffs
Authors: Ruth Simon, James Fanelli (Wall Street Journal)—Victor Owen Schwartz was preparing linguine and clams for dinner Wednesday night when he spotted an email from his lawyers with some good news. “I wasn’t shocked,” said Schwartz. “I thought we were right, but I know that’s not always the way the...
What Happens to Trump’s Tariffs Now That a Court has Knocked Them Down?
Authors: Paul Wiseman, Lindsay Whitehurst (Associated Press)—President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump...
Tariffs Are On For Now Thanks to Appeals Court in Win for Trump
Author: Rachel Lerman (The Washington Post)—President Donald Trump’s tariffs can continue for now, after an appeals court granted the administration’s request to temporarily stay a lower court’s order. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Thursday afternoon that it would temporarily pause the effects of a decision...