Lawsuits against Trump's tariffs

[aociswundumho]

Several of them, hopefully there will be more.

It comes down to interpreting the IEEPA, which of course was created by dumbocrats. The issue will be over whether this situation is really an "emergency". I think we all know it is not.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/california-sues-trump-administration-block-tariffs-2025-04-16/

A small women-owned business in Florida is suing Trump over tariffs — with help from a Libertarian legal group

Emily Ley, owner of a small stationary company in Florida, filed a lawsuit that could undo all of Trump's tariffs

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Rich2018]

Yep, I can't see lawsuits having an effect.

 

[aociswundumho]

Yep, I can't see lawsuits having an effect.

It's going to come down to whether a trade deficit is a legitimate emergency. It clearly is not, as we've had them for decades. Furthermore, idiot Trump imposed tariffs on countries with which we have no trade deficit, thus undermining his own rationale for the tariffs:

MELBOURNE, April 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Among the many absurdities of Donald Trump's global trade war is the inclusion of Singapore and Australia on his naughty list. The U.S. President slapped the 10% baseline tariff, which will apply to nearly all countries, on both with very little justification. Neither state has, to use Trump's ill-judged words, "looted, pillaged, raped and plundered" the United States. Far from it: Australia has, at almost $18 billion, one of the largest goods trading deficits with Washington; Singapore is not far behind at $13 billion. Both boast a free trade agreement with America.

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/small-countries-sit-nexus-tariff-trade-offs-2025-04-15/

 

[Rich2018]

It's going to come down to whether a trade deficit is a legitimate emergency. It clearly is not, as we've had them for decades. Furthermore, idiot Trump imposed tariffs on countries with which we have no trade deficit, thus undermining his own rationale for the tariffs:

A tade deficit is nothing new, so it may be be a question of how big a deficit.