LJC In The News
Trump’s Tariffs to Remain in Effect After Appeals Court Grants Stay
Authors: Dietrich Knauth, Sarah Marsh (Reuters)—A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Thursday, a day after a U.S. trade court ruled that Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing the duties and ordered an immediate block on them. The United States Court...
Trump Tariff Plan Faces Uncertain Future as Court Battles Intensify
Author: Breanne Deppisch (FOX News)—A federal appeals court paused a lower ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, siding with the administration Thursday in a legal fight over the White House’s use of an emergency law to enact punishing import taxes. The back-and-forth injected more volatility into markets this week...
Whiplash! Court Reinstates Trump Tariffs (for Now)
Author: Rob Bates (JCK Online)—As expected, a federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated the bulk of President Trump’s tariffs, less than 24 hours after the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered they be terminated within 10 days. Following an emergency request from the Trump administration, the U.S. Court of...
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
Author: Patrick Svitek (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...
How Our Tariff Case Came About
Author: Ilya Somin (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....
The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible
Author: Sasha Abramsky (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...
Appeals Court Lifts Block on Trump’s Global Tariffs
Author: Katherine Zehnder (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...
Cycling, Fishing Brands Among 6 Small Businesses That Sued Over Trump Tariffs
Author: Lisa Scherzer (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...
A Victory for Separation of Powers
Author: Ilya Somin (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...
Wake Up Call: Law Firm Backed by Trump Allies Slowed Tariffs
Author: Isabella Kravis (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...
Meet the Five Small Businesses That Helped Knock Down Trump’s Tariffs
Author: Callum Sutherland (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...
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...