A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Donald Trump overreached when he unilaterally imposed tariffs on imports from more than 100 countries. CNN’s Elie Honig called the development “a huge setback” for the president.

In a unanimous decision issued on Wednesday, judges halted the president’s tariffs with a permanent injunction. The ruling nullifies Trump’s 30% tariff on Chinese goods, the 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, and the baseline 10% tariffs Trump imposed on most countries on April 2, or “Liberation Day,” as he called it. In issuing those tariffs, Trump bypassed Congress by citing the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Tariffs on automobiles and steel will remain.

The lawsuit was filed by Liberty Justice Center, a libertarian legal advocacy group.

  • thedruid
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    2023 days ago

    Can’t sue a sitting president for official acts. Supreme court already anticipated this

      • thedruid
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        223 days ago

        Fair point, not sure if it would dissuade trump from anything, though.

    • @mkwt@lemmy.world
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      1223 days ago

      You can* sue CBP and Secretary Noem in her official capacity for collecting illegal tariffs from you.

      *Probably. I’m not a lawyer. Don’t take legal advice from the Internet.