Today, 24 states led by the state of Oregon filed the first lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's massive new Section 122 tariffs, which would impose 15% tariffs on most imports from nations around the world. The case is before the US Court of International Trade, which has exclusive jurisdiction over cases challenging tariffs. The complaint is available here.
I have previously written about why the new tariffs are illegal, much as were the IEEPA tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court in the case I helped litigate on behalf of the plaintiffs. Here is an excerpt from my recent Boston Globe article explaining why the Section 122 tariffs are illegal:
