LJC In The News
Court Rules Against Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs
(The Federal Newswire)—In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled against the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, declaring them unlawful. The Liberty Justice Center, which challenged these tariffs on behalf of five small businesses in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, expressed approval of the ruling. The...
Trump Blames Conservative Legal World and One of Its Leaders for Tariff Ruling
(The Washington Post)—President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday night at the conservative legal movement and one of its prominent leaders, Leonard Leo, blaming them for the federal court ruling that blocked most of his tariffs this week. In doing so, Trump deepened a schism with an influential community that was...
How Our Tariff Case Came About
(Reason)—Since our win in the tariff case before the US Court of International Trade a couple days ago, there have been several informative media articles about the history of the case, and how the Liberty Justice Center and I decided to undertake it, and found our clients. In this post,...
The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible
(The Nation)—There are weeks when, it seems, everything comes to a head. This week could well be viewed, in hindsight, as one of those—as the moment the wheels started to come off the Trump train. On Wednesday, a panel of federal judges for the US Court of International Trade ruled...
Appeals Court Lifts Block on Trump’s Global Tariffs
(The Carolina Journal)—A federal circuit US Court of Appeals has lifted the block on Trump’s global tariffs that was issued in rulings by the US Court of International Trade earlier this week. “The court’s ruling—and now the legal back-and-forth—highlights exactly what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s yo-yoing approach to tariffs,”...
Cycling, Fishing Brands Among 6 Small Businesses That Sued Over Trump Tariffs
(Front Office Sports)—Companies that import goods to the U.S. got a big win Wednesday when the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports. But just one day later, the win was put on hold—for now. In a continuation of the whiplash-inducing...
A Victory for Separation of Powers
(The Atlantic)—Wednesday’s unanimous ruling against President Donald Trump’s expansive “Liberation Day” tariffs by the United States Court of International Trade wasn’t merely a victory for the businesses and consumers opposed to the policy. The decision was much more than that: a victory for the constitutional system of separation of powers—and,...
Wake Up Call: Law Firm Backed by Trump Allies Slowed Tariffs
(Bloomberg Law)—Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel. The Liberty Justice Center—a libertarian law firm previously funded by wealthy Trump backers like Robert Mercer and Richard Uihlein—slowed Donald Trump’s broad “reciprocal” tariffs in court, arguing they...
Meet the Five Small Businesses That Helped Knock Down Trump’s Tariffs
(Time)—The federal Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, arguing that emergency laws invoked by the Administration did not give Trump unilateral authority to impose the levies. Per the court’s ruling, the U.S. Constitution gives Congress exclusive powers to regulate trade with other countries,...
Trump Tariffs Get to Stay in Place For Now. What Happens Next?
(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 law invoked by Trump did...
Federal Circuit Issues Brief Administrative Stay in Our Tariff Case
(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 twelve states led...
US Appeals Court Allows Trump to Continue Tariffs While Appeal is Pending
(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 article, visit Law.com...
Court Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs to Stop Tariffs, Includes Vermont Business and State
(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 Federal Circuit granted...
Trump Tariff Appeal Heads to Patent-Heavy Specialist Court
(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 US Court of...
Trump’s Own Judge Humiliates Him by Tearing Apart Key Policy
(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 the administration’s trade...