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BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA.
Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cit.17080/gov.uscourts.cit.17080.55.0.pdf
NEW: Trump's latest legal rejection comes from the U.S. Court of International Trade, which ruled his tariffs in response to "national emergencies" were illegal. https://politico.com/news/2025/05/28/federal-court-strikes-down-trumps-april-2-tariffs-00373843
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cit.17080/gov.uscourts.cit.17080.55.0.pdf
NEW: Trump's latest legal rejection comes from the U.S. Court of International Trade, which ruled his tariffs in response to "national emergencies" were illegal. https://politico.com/news/2025/05/28/federal-court-strikes-down-trumps-april-2-tariffs-00373843
BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney.bsky.social) 2025-05-28T22:56:03.601Z
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This will be fun to watch. trump has no statutory authority to impose tariffs
Federal court says Trump doesn’t have the power to impose tariffs unilaterally
— (@surajworld.bsky.social) 2025-05-28T23:27:07Z
A federal court has determined that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, dealing a sweeping blow to the president's main weapon in his ongoing global trade war. A panel of…
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-court-trump-power-impose-tariffs-unilaterally/story
A federal court has determined that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, dealing a sweeping blow to the president's main weapon in his ongoing global trade war.
A panel of judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade found the tariffs were unlawful and permanently vacated them.
Since Trump announced sweeping tariffs on more than 50 countries in April, his administration has faced half a dozen lawsuits challenging the president's ability to impose tariffs without the approval of Congress.
The Court of International Trade issued its ruling in a case brought by a group of five small businesses who argued that Trump's tariffs are an "unprecedented power grab."
Lawyers for the small businesses alleged that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act -- which Trump invoked to impose the tariffs -- does not give the president the right to issue "across-the-board worldwide tariffs," and that Trump's justification for the tariffs was invalid.
A panel of judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade found the tariffs were unlawful and permanently vacated them.
Since Trump announced sweeping tariffs on more than 50 countries in April, his administration has faced half a dozen lawsuits challenging the president's ability to impose tariffs without the approval of Congress.
The Court of International Trade issued its ruling in a case brought by a group of five small businesses who argued that Trump's tariffs are an "unprecedented power grab."
Lawyers for the small businesses alleged that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act -- which Trump invoked to impose the tariffs -- does not give the president the right to issue "across-the-board worldwide tariffs," and that Trump's justification for the tariffs was invalid.
