LJC In The News
What Happens to Trump’s Tariffs Now That a Court has Knocked Them Down?
(Associated Press)—President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump overstepped his authority when he...
Tariffs Are On For Now Thanks to Appeals Court in Win for Trump
(The Washington Post)—President Donald Trump’s tariffs can continue for now, after an appeals court granted the administration’s request to temporarily stay a lower court’s order. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Thursday afternoon that it would temporarily pause the effects of a decision from the Court...
Appeals Court Temporarily Pauses Earlier Ruling Against Tariffs
(NBC29 Charlottesville)—A federal appeals court has paused a ruling made earlier on Thursday, which would have blocked President Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued an administrative stay of the ruling while it reviews the White House’s appeal. The Liberty Justice Center...
Federal Appeals Court Pauses Rulings on Trump Tariffs, Allowing Them to Continue — For Now
(NBC News)—A federal appeals court Thursday temporarily paused rulings by a panel of judges that halted several of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on international trading partners. The “judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are temporarily stayed until further notice,” the U.S....
Appeals Court Stays Bombshell Tariff Ruling
(The Center Square)—The U.S. Department of Justice filed an emergency motion Thursday asking an appeals court to pause a lower court ruling that ordered President Donald Trump to unwind most of his tariffs within 10 days. The court granted that motion Thursday afternoon. An attorney for the Liberty Justice Center,...
Appeals Court Reinstates Trump’s Tariffs for Now After Ruling Blocking Them
(ABC News)—A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily delayed Wednesday’s court order blocking President Donald Trump’s tariffs, reinstating them at least for the time being. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an administrative stay of the decision while it considers Trump’s appeal. The administration earlier...
Trump Can’t Use National Security Powers to Impose Unlimited Tariffs, Trade Court Rules
(Law.com)—Preseident Donald Trump does not have the power to levy “unlimited” tariffs on virtually all global imports, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled, ordering the president to end what he has deemed his “Liberation Day” tariffs. Judges Gary Katzmann, Timothy Reif, and Jane Restani rebuked the tariffs in a...
Why Has a US Court Blocked Donald Trump’s Tariffs – And Can He Get Round It?
(The Guardian)—Donald Trump is facing the biggest challenge yet to his trade policies after a US federal court ruled that his “liberation day” tariff plan is illegal. In the latest twist in the US president’s erratic global trade war, the ruling could unpick border taxes announced early last month. However,...
Trade Court Blocks Most Trump Tariffs; Fast Appeal Reverses For Now
(Fierce Electronics)—A US trade court permanently blocked most of President Trump’s tariffs in a ruling Wednesday that his administration immediately appealed, meaning the matter could ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. On Thursday, an appeals court paused the trade court decision, reinstating the tariffs for now. The Court of...
What You Need to Know About the Legal Battle Over Trump’s Tariffs
(Bloomberg)—The US Court of International Trade ruled May 28 that the vast majority of President Donald Trump’s tariffs were issued illegally and ordered them blocked, which would deliver a blow to a key pillar of his economic agenda. A day later, an appeals court gave Trump’s administration a temporary reprieve...
How a Small, Family-Run Wine Company in New York Hit Back Against Donald Trump’s Tariffs
(CNN)—Behind the monumental court ruling that blocked most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs is a small wine company run by a father-and-daughter duo. VOS Selections – a small, New York-based wine company – was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit which prompted a three-judge panel at the US Court...
Majority of Trump’s Signature Tariffs Blocked by Federal Trade Court in Sweeping Ruling
(New York Post)—A federal court shot down most of President Trump’s wide-reaching tariffs Wednesday, ruling the commander in chief exceeded his authority when he plowed ahead with one of his signature policies. The three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade in Manhattan assailed Trump’s actions against other countries across...
Happy Liberation From Tariffs Day
(Independent Institute)—The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) has issued a sweeping ruling against the Trump administration’s so-called “liberation day” tariff policies. The ruling holds that Trump exceeded his statutory authority by unilaterally imposing tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977. It further held that...
Trump’s Global Tariffs Deemed Illegal, Blocked by Trade Court
(Bloomberg)—The vast majority of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the US trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of his economic agenda. A panel of three judges at the US Court of International Trade in Manhattan issued a unanimous ruling Wednesday which...
Court of International Trade Blocks Trump Tariffs
(Courthouse News Service)—A Court of International Trade panel ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not have the authority to levy blanket tariffs against foreign trade partners under a Nixon-era statute intended to define the executive’s role over economic transactions during a national emergency. “The question in the two cases...