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Liberty Justice Center filed lawsuit on behalf of five US businesses declaring that Trump’s tariffs overstep authority
A legal advocacy group on Monday asked the US court of international trade to block Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, arguing that the president overstepped his authority.
The lawsuit was filed by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal advocacy group, on behalf of five US businesses that import goods from countries targeted by the tariffs.
“No one person should have the power to impose taxes that have such vast global economic consequences,” Jeffrey Schwab, Liberty Justice Center’s senior counsel, said in a statement. “The Constitution gives the power to set tax rates – including tariffs – to Congress, not the President.”
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why these mfkers think suing will change anything. he’s just going to ignore them and do what he wants…this is so fckn sad
Im thinking im going to be annoyed if his power is checked here but not in anything else he has done.
These guys have even less power than the icc unfortunately
We really need to abolish international trade courts. They’re usually just to protect corporate profits (eg making it illegal for sovereign countries to boycott other countries that have serious human rights abuses)
