LJC In The News
Appeals Court Ruling Gives Trump a Win on Tariffs – For Now
(USA Today)—President Donald Trump can collect tariffs while states and small businesses continue to fight to overturn the taxes on worldwide imports, under a federal appeals court decision. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled May 28 that Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency...
Trump Tariffs May Remain in Effect While Appeals Proceed, US Appeals Court Rules
(Reuters)—A federal appeals court allowed President Donald Trump‘s most sweeping tariffs to remain in effect on Tuesday while it reviews a lower-court decision blocking them on grounds that he had exceeded his authority by imposing them. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington,...
Trump Tariffs Can Stay in Effect Longer, Appeals Court Says
(Bloomberg)—Donald Trump can continue to enforce his global tariffs for now, a federal appeals court held in a win for the president on one of his signature economic policies. The order Tuesday by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit extends an earlier, short-term reprieve for the administration...
Court Rules Trump’s Tariffs Can Stay in Effect While Appeal Proceeds
(The Canadian Press)—A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs will remain in place while a case is heard — extending an emergency stay granted after a lower court found the devastating duties unlawful. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal...
Trump Administration Prevails as Appeals Court Pauses Lower Court Decision Blocking Contested Tariffs
(FOX News)—President Trump’s tariffs will remain in effect for now after a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday to pause a lower court decision that had blocked them. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the stay and scheduled an expedited review of the case, which centers on...
U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway
(New York Times)—A federal appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow President Trump to maintain many of his tariffs on China and other U.S. trading partners, extending a pause granted shortly after another panel of judges ruled in late May that the import taxes were illegal. The decision, from the...
Federal Circuit Grants Government’s Motion for Stay Pending Appeal in Our Tariff Case
(Reason)—Earlier tonight, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit imposed a stay pending appeal temporarily blocking implementation of the Court of International Trade ruling striking down Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, in the case filed by the Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five businesses harmed by...
White House Urges Court to Spare Tariffs; Businesses Point to Higher Costs
(Plastics News)—The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says tariffs are vital for national security and economic stability and should be kept in place while a lawsuit filed by small business owners is appealed. The lawsuit filed by Salt Lake City-based Genova Pipe and four other businesses alleges that Liberation Day...
Bally’s Chicago Casino Settles Lawsuit Over Race-Based IPO
(Providence Business First)—A libertarian legal group has reached a confidential settlement with Bally’s Chicago Casino over the company’s thwarted plan to offer $250 million investment opportunity exclusively to women and people of color. The Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty (WILL) said Monday it has reached a settlement with Bally’s...
Importers Say They Will Suffer Irreparable Harm If Stay of CIT IEEPA Decision Is Granted
(Trade Law Daily)—The importers challenging the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act requested that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reject the government’s bid for an emergency stay, telling the appellate court that the importers will be irreparably harmed by...
U.S. Asks Appeals Court to Keep Tariffs or Risk ‘Catastrophic Harm’
(The Center Square)—The Trump administration on Monday asked an appeals court to let the president’s tariffs remain in place while legal challenges continue, saying that lifting them would “catastrophically harm our economy.” The administration appealed after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade unanimously ruled that Congress...
Trump Aides Urge Court to Spare Tariffs as They Dismiss Worries in Public
(New York Times)—Shortly after a federal trade court declared many of President Trump’s tariffs to be illegal, Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, took to television to brush aside the setback. “It cost us a week, maybe,” Mr. Lutnick said this month on Fox News, noting that other countries remained eager...
VICTORY! Teen Accused of Racism Cleared by School
(Todd Starnes)—Christian McGhee was suspended from Central Davidson High School in North Carolina. The 17-year-old got in trouble after a teacher told him to use the word “alien” in a sentence. McGhee asked if she was referring to space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards. The school determined that...
Remember That Student Who Was Suspended for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ in Class? Well…
(Townhall Media)—There’s been an important update in the saga surrounding Christian McGhee, the North Carolina teenager who was suspending after saying “illegal alien” at school. To recap, in 2024, Leah covered how the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit against the Davidson County Board of Education on behalf of McGhee...
Davidson County Schools Settles Student Suspension Case
(Davidson Local)—Davidson County Schools has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a student who was suspended from Central Davidson High School in 2024 for using the term “illegal alien” and causing a classroom disruption. According to the settlement agreement that was filed with the U.S. Middle District court on...