Pacific Legal Foundation Files Case Challenging Trump's IEEPA Tariffs
PLF is a leading libertarian-leaning public interest organization. Their case is similar to that filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself.
PLF is a leading libertarian-leaning public interest organization. Their case is similar to that filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself.
The suit resembles previous ones on the same subject filed by the state of California, and by the Liberty Justice Center and myself.
The court ruled that Trump invoked the AEA illegally, blocks deportation of Venezuelan migrants who filed the case, and sets out standards for notifying them of their rights to challenge their deportation.
Signers include Steve Calabresi, Harold Koh, Richard Epstein, Michael McConnell, Alan Sykes, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and others.
The degree of agreement among participants with major ideological diferences is striking.
The motion was filed today, and sets out our case in detail.
It explains why the IEEPA "Liberation Day" tariffs are illegal and how our case against them relates to the other three cases challenging Trup's tariffs.
The Liberty Justice Center and I filed the case on Monday.
I was interviewed by Caleb Brown of Cato.
They challenge both the "Liberation Day" IEEPA tariffs, and earlier ones imposed on Canada, Mexico and China.
It was filed today in the US Court of International Trade.
They weren't authorized by Congress and go against the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.
Georgetown law Prof. Jennifer Hillman explains why Trump's tariffs are vulnerable to challenge on this basis.
Links to audios of a Cato Institute podcast and an interview with ABC News (Australia).
The participants were Adam Cox (NYU) and myself.
The people deported are incarcerated in Salvadoran prisons without any due process whatsoever.
The article is coauthored with Cato Institute scholar David Bier.
Recent Supreme Court precedent suggests such challenges might prevail, though success is not guaranteed.
The article explains why the order is unconstitutional and why letting it stand would be very dangerous, including for the civil liberties of US citizens.
Several of his announced actions are likely to be illegal, especially some related to immigration.
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