LJC In The News
Strong Support for First Liberty’s Supreme Court Case Involving Mississippi Evangelist
(First Liberty Institute)—First Liberty received a tremendous outpouring of support in our pending U.S. Supreme Court case involving Gabriel Olivier, an evangelist who was banned from sharing his faith in a public park. Gabe went to court to seek relief, but his case was dismissed, which effectively denied him of...
Pacific Legal Foundation Files Case Challenging Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs
(Reason)—The Pacific Legal Foundation (major libertarian public interest law firm) has filed a case challenging Trump’s awful IEEPA tariffs, with the awesome name of Princess Awesome v. CBP. Their case is similar to the one filed earlier by Liberty Justice Center and myself. I welcome PLF to the fight. They...
Board Game Company Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of Trump Tariffs
(Pacific Legal Foundation)—Today, Stonemaier Games, an American board game company, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s tariffs, which dramatically increase production costs and could be financially devastating. The business, represented by Pacific Legal Foundation, argues that the president doesn’t have the power to impose these tariffs. Founded by...
Trump Is Using Emergency Law to Impose Tariffs. Is That Legal?
(Bloomberg)—President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs have roiled financial markets, prompted an outcry from world leaders and raised the specter of a US recession. The blowback eventually prompted Trump to pause some of the most punishing tariffs for 90 days. With every move, the US president underscores that he is calling...
An Emboldened Property Rights Movement Takes Aim at Wetlands Protections
(The New York Times)—Driving through the gently sloping terrain of northeast Iowa, there is little to distinguish Jim Conlan’s land, a stretch of light brown dirt sprinkled with tallgrass and maples, from the other fields where soybeans and cornstalks will soon sprout from the ground. But if Mr. Conlan has...
12 States Sue Trump Over Tariffs, Say Emergency Powers Don’t Cover Trade
(Straight Arrow News)—Twelve U.S. states have sued the Trump administration, claiming President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by using emergency powers to impose global tariffs. The lawsuit argued that Trump overstepped his legal authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 by bypassing Congress to enact trade policy....
Dozen States Sue to Contest Trump Administration’s Tariffs
(World)—Attorneys general from 12 states on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to block President Donald Trump from imposing steep tariffs on foreign goods. The attorneys general say Trump broke the law by levying tariffs on imports. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois,...
Judges Block Emergency Order in Lawsuit Over Trump’s Tariffs
(The Center Square)—A group asked permission to file a brief in a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, claiming the president doesn’t have the power to impose import duties after the judges rejected an emergency order to stop tariffs. The group includes former U.S. Senators, a retired U.S. Attorney General,...
Court Denies Restraining Order That Would Have Temporarily Halted Tariffs; New Lawsuit Filed
(ASI Central)—President Donald Trump has scored an early-round victory in legal bouts his administration is engaged in over import tariffs he’s imposed in 2025, but he’s also now facing another lawsuit filed by 12 states. The U.S. Court of International Trade denied a motion from public interest law firm Liberty...
Bipartisan Legal Luminaries Unite To Challenge Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs
(Tampa Free Press)—A coalition of prominent legal figures, including former U.S. Senators, a retired U.S. Attorney General, retired federal judges, and leading constitutional scholars, has filed a significant amici curiae brief in support of the challenge to President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. The Liberty Justice Center, representing five small businesses...
Tariffs Meet Administrative and Legal Challenges
(Fisher Investments)—Three weeks since April 2’s “Liberation Day,” uncertainty remains high. The Trump administration’s tariffs exceeded anything (in terms of quantity, size and format) the president mentioned on the campaign trail or since entering office. In our view, that negative surprise exceeded what markets anticipated—spurring stocks’ sharp pullback. At the...
Lucky State Auditor Avoided Audit Of His (Destroyed) Records
(The News-Gazette)—Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 for his conviction on public corruption charges. The bribery trial of current Chicago state Sen. Emil Jones III continued Monday, with final arguments to the jury to be followed by deliberations and a verdict. The ComEd...
U.S. Court Rejects Immediate Cessation of Trump’s Tariffs
(Capitalism Institute)—President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan faces legal opposition from small business owners seeking immediate relief from newly imposed import taxes. According to Fox Business, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has rejected a request from small businesses to temporarily halt Trump’s extensive tariff implementation, dealing a significant...
12 States Sue Trump Over His Tariffs
(New York Times)—A dozen states, most of them led by Democrats, sued President Trump over his tariffs on Wednesday, arguing that he has no power to “arbitrarily impose tariffs as he has done here.” Contending that only Congress has the power to legislate tariffs, the states are asking the court...
Court Makes Major Decision About ‘Immediate And Irreparable Harm’ From Trump Tariffs
(World Net Daily)—The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that small businesses have failed to prove the “immediate and irreparable harm” they fear from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The court declined to issue a temporary restraining order the businesses has sought, which would have prevented the president’s sweeping tariff...