The other was filed by a dozen US states, led by Oregon. "This ruling reaffirms that our laws matter, and that trade decisions can't be made on the president's whim," said the Oregon attorney general, Dan Rayfield.
The plaintiffs in the tariff lawsuit argued that the emergency powers law did not give the president the power to apply tariffs, and even if it had done, the trade deficit did not qualify as an emergency, which is defined as an "unusual and extraordinary threat". The US has run a trade deficit with the rest of the world for 49 consecutive years...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/us-court-blocks-trump-tariffs
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