Conservative Legal Group Brings First Suit Challenging Trump’s Authority to Impose Tariffs

[jerrymahoney]

April 4, 2025 12:39 PM

A conservative legal organization is suing to prevent President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs on Chinese goods, the first attempt to challenge Trump’s authority to impose tariffs since he returned to office.

 

The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a law firm that fights federal overreach, filed a complaint Thursday in Florida federal court on behalf of north Florida paper company Simplified and its owner Emily Ley to stop Trump’s 20 percent tariffs on all Chinese imports under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

 

“The President purported to order these tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (‘IEEPA’), but that is a statute that authorizes presidents to order sanctions as a rapid response to international emergencies,” the lawsuit asserts.

 

“It does not allow a president to impose tariffs on the American people. President Trump’s Executive Orders imposing a China tariff are, therefore, ultra vires and unconstitutional. This Court should enjoin their implementation and enforcement.”

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/conservative-legal-group-brings-first-suit-challenging-trumps-authority-to-impose-tariffs/

[Cameroni]

2 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Emily Ley

 

She's not Chinese!!

[jerrymahoney]

23 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

She's not Chinese!!

Well then ...

 

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1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

She's not Chinese!!

I'm sure you had a good reason for posting this and I am eagerly awaiting the explanation.

[jerrymahoney]

The case as above claims that Trump has no authority to implement tariffs under the IEEPA. It cannot be said that the case, if in favor of the plaintiff, is the machination of an 'activist liberal judge' as the Judge assigned to the case, T. Kent Wetherell II, was nominated to the federal bench by (then) President Donald J. Trump in 2019.