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Reason
Eric Boehm

Lawsuit: Trump's Newest Tariffs Are an 'Exercise of Completely Unrestrained Executive Power'

President Donald Trump's latest attempt to impose tariffs without congressional approval "is as lawless as" the previous tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court last month.

That's the argument made by the attorneys general and governors of 24 states, who filed a lawsuit Thursday in the federal Court of International Trade (CIT). The state attorneys allege that Trump's use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 10 percent "global tariff" is an attempt to "sidestep" the Supreme Court's ruling.

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