LJC In The News
Lawyer Calls Trump Tariffs ‘Unlawful’ as They Face 1st Test Against Small Businesses
(ABC News)—President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are an “unprecedented and unlawful expansion” of executive power, a lawyer for a group of small businesses told a federal court Tuesday morning. The hearing at the Court of International Trade in Manhattan marks the first time a federal court has taken up the...
Trump Trade War Faces Legal Challenge as Businesses, States Argue His Tariffs Exceeded His Power
(Associated Press)—President Donald Trump is waging a trade war without getting approval from Congress: He declared a national emergency to slap import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country on earth. The president is now facing at least seven lawsuits that argue he’s gone too far and asserted power...
Trump Tariffs Face Major Legal Hurdle as Federal Trade Court Hears Challenge
(CNBC)—A little-known federal court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case challenging President Donald Trump’s tariffs, putting a key plank of his economic agenda under the legal microscope for the first time. A panel of three judges at the U.S. Court of International Trade will consider whether Trump...
US Court to Weigh Small Business Bid to Block Trump Tariffs
(Reuters)—Five American small businesses will ask a U.S. court on Tuesday to halt President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, arguing the president overstepped his authority by declaring a national emergency to impose across-the-board taxes on imports from nations that sell more to the U.S. than they buy. Tuesday’s hearing before...
Scandal Recap: Stacy Davis Gates’ Leadership of Chicago Teachers Union
(Illinois Policy)—Chicago Teachers Union president Stacy Davis Gates has said some wild things, made enemies at other unions, prompted her members to sue, ran a deficit, didn’t pay her taxes or utilities and sent her son to private school instead of letting her members educate him. She faces a union...
The Tariff Strategy is Backfiring and Small Businesses are the Collateral Damage
(Fortune)—The White House just wrapped up a victory lap for National Small Business Week, complete with talk of “unleashing opportunity” and “pro-growth” tariffs. But here’s the thing: If you’ve actually run a business in the last five years, not just written a speech about one, you know that’s not how...
How Trump’s Trade War Could End By June
(Politico)—President Donald Trump’s trade war could come to an abrupt halt this month — even without concessions from dozens of trading partners. It’s up to the U.S. Court of International Trade, an obscure, New York-based federal court that decides cases related to trade and customs law. The court is hearing...
This Obscure New York Court Is Set to Decide Fate of Trump’s Tariffs
(Wall Street Journal)—The Trump administration’s global tariffs face their first major legal test this week when a little-known Manhattan court considers one of the president’s most sweeping assertions of executive power. A three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to halt the levies,...
States Support Parents in Legal Case Over School’s Secret Gender Transition of Child
(FOX News)—Nearly two dozen states have banded together, filing an amicus brief to defend the constitutional rights of a Florida family, whose public middle school is accused of secretly “socially transitioning” their 13-year-old daughter without their consent. The brief, filed on April 30, involves January and Jeffrey Littlejohn, parents in...
Amid Lawsuits, Bally’s Drops Anti-White Racial Rules for Chicago Casino Investment
(Cook County Record)—Attorneys who helped lead one of the legal actions challenging actions by casino operator Bally’s and Chicago City Hall to allegedly illegally block out white investors from buying a stake in Bally’s planned new Chicago casino have declared victory, after Bally’s reportedly dropped limitations in its IPO, allegedly...
Commentary: President Donald Trump’s Tariffs Decimate Small Businesses
(Chicago Tribune)—President Donald Trump’s goal of more manufacturing in the United States is laudable. However, the approach of using tariffs as a weapon is reckless and will lead to price hikes and supply chain disruptions and destroy the backbone of America — small businesses. As a small business owner, I...
A Federal Court is About to Decide Whether to Strike Down Trump’s Tariffs
(Vox)—On Tuesday, May 13, a three-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade will hear a lawsuit asking it to strike down President Donald Trump’s recently imposed tariffs. The case is known as V.O.S. Selections v. Trump. The trade court, a New York-based federal court that hears lawsuits related...
The Fight Against Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs: A Battle Over Presidential Power
(Medium)—On Tuesday, May 13, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade will hear a high-stakes lawsuit challenging President Trump’s controversial tariffs — or, at the very least, seeking to pause them. Filed on April 14, 2025, by the Liberty Justice Center, the lawsuit represents five owner-operated businesses...
NPR Interview on Legal Challenges to Trump’s IEEPA Tariffs
(Reason)—On Monday, Steve Inskeep of NPR interviewed me about the case against Trump’s “Liberation Day” IEEPA tariffs filed by the Liberty Justice Center and myself. This interview only went for about five minutes, so we didn’t cover the issues as thoroughly as in some previous interviews I have done, such...
IPO Radar: Bally’s Casino, Republic Digital and Ant Group
(The Armchair Trader)—Chicago casino Bally’s backed away from its original plans to launch a share scheme targeted at minorities, following a legal challenge from the Liberty Justice Centre. Bally’s had originally registered an IPO which was only available to investors that met Chicago’s definition of a minority. The Liberty Justice...