Today, the Supreme Court decided our case challenging Donald Trump's massive IEEPA tariffs. In a 6-3 decision, Court rightly ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not give the President the power to "impose tariffs on imports from any country, of any product, at any rate, for any amount of time." It's a major victory for the constitutional separation of powers, for the rule of law, for free trade, and for the millions of American consumers and businesses enduring higher taxes and higher prices as a result of these tariffs.
Our case was filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five small US businesses. We were later joined by prominent Supreme Court litigators Michael McConnell and Neal Katyal. Michael became our chief counsel for the Supreme Court phase of the litigation, and Neal skillfully conducted the oral argument before both the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court. A case that had its origins in a blog post laying out some legal theories and another one recruiting potential clients went all the way to the Supreme Court and culminated in an important victory. Earlier, we prevailed in the US Court of International Trade (the trial court with jurisdiction over cases involving trade policy) and again in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
