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Ilya Somin

Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Temporary Restraining Order, and Summary Judgement in Our Case Against Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs

President Donald Trump signs two executive orders on April 2 instituting tariffs
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on April 2 instituting tariffs on a wide range of countries. ( Andrew Leyden/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom)

 

Today, the Liberty Justice Center and I filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order, and summary judgment in our case challenging Donald Trump's massive "Liberation Day" tariffs. The motion sets out our arguments in greater detail than the complaint filed on Monday.  For a shorter and more accessible overview of the reasons why these tariffs are illegal, see my just-published Lawfare article "The Constitutional Case Against Trump's Trade War." The case is entitled VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump.

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