Posted on 05/30/2025 3:58:50 AM PDT by karpov
In a ruling heard ’round the world, the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked President Trump’s sweeping tariffs. This is an important moment for the rule of law as much as for the economy, proving again that America doesn’t have a king who can rule by decree.
The Trump tariffs have created enormous costs and uncertainty, but now we know they’re illegal. As the three-judge panel explains in its detailed 52-page ruling, the President exceeded his emergency powers and bypassed discrete tariff authorities delegated to him by Congress. The ruling erases his April 2 tariffs as well as those on Canada and Mexico.
Small businesses and several states (V.O.S. Selections v. U.S.) challenged Mr. Trump’s use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs willy-nilly. That law gives the President broad authority in a national emergency to “deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat” including to “regulate” the “importation” of foreign property.
After declaring fentanyl an emergency, the President in February slapped tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. Then in April he deemed the U.S. trade deficit an emergency and imposed tariffs of varying rates on the world. He later reduced those to 10% across the board for 90 days, supposedly to allow time to negotiate trade deals.
No other President has used IEEPA to impose tariffs. As the trade court explains, Richard Nixon used the law’s precursor, the Trading With the Enemy Act, in 1971 to impose 10% tariffs for a short period to address a balance of payments problem. The Justice Department said Mr. Trump’s tariffs are no different.
Not so. As the panel notes, Nixon tariffs were upheld by an appeals court because they were a “limited surcharge”
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Hey NeverTrumper - Eff the WSJ.
F U WSJ
So another court, conspires to bring America down. That’s just great. Since when do we listen to International court rulings,
this is still America the land of the free, right?
Old news, the appellate courts are already overturning the political tariff court rulings, sorry never trumper.
Notice that the WSJ doesn’t mention that this this ruling was immediately stayed?
OLD NEWS. Already OVERTURNED ON APPEAL BY TRUMP ADMIN.
It was evidently si important to them to put out their pompous message of how better their opinions are that they ignored it being stayed/stopped for appeal immediately.
Yup, that “Editorial” board are not newsmaen, they are paid propagandists driving a narrative
Right? The ruling heard ’round the world’ hardly made it around the block.
The United States Court of International Trade (CIT) is a specialized federal court that handles civil actions arising out of U.S. customs and international trade laws. It is an Article III court, meaning its judges are appointed for life. The court has nationwide jurisdiction and is authorized to hold hearings in foreign countries.
As a group, lawyers are the least impressive of all professionals. Yes, there are exceptions, but there are so many lawyers now and law schools are so political such that putting any group of lawyers in charge of almost anything in government is a recipe for failure.
Judges of The United States Court of International Trade
Chief Judge Mark A. Barnett
Judge Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.
Judge M. Miller Baker
Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves
Judge Richard K. Eaton
Judge Leo M. Gordon
Judge Gary S. Katzmann
Judge Claire R. Kelly
Judge Joseph A. Laroski, Jr.
Judge Timothy M. Reif
Judge Jane A. Restani
Judge Timothy C. Stanceu
Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden
Judge Lisa W. Wang
“In a ruling heard ’round the world”
Hahahaha
Given the appellate court already stayed this rogue court, the timing of the article is pretty amusing
Donald Trump Tariff King. I like it. Good idea Wall Street Journal.
Another “editorial board” piece from the Wall Street China Journal. They do that whenever they pretend nobody in particular loses creds writing trash pieces.
Foreigners are much better biz for elitists in NYC and DC than Americans, who’ve quit buying their rag.
the FULL MURDOCK
OVERRULED! F ‘em!
Except CONGRESS granted the President that power and that majority Democrat appointed trade court has already been overruled. Its hardly a surprise the open borders/”free” trade Murdochs are spouting this line.
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