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Lawsuit: Trump's Newest Tariffs Are an 'Exercise of Completely Unrestrained Executive Power'

The lawsuit, filed by attorneys general and governors from 24 states, claims that Trump is once again trying "to usurp the taxing power that the Constitution vests in Congress."

Eric Boehm | 3.5.2026 4:15 PM

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President Donald Trump's latest attempt to impose tariffs without congressional approval "is as lawless as" the previous tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court last month.

That's the argument made by the attorneys general and governors of 24 states, who filed a lawsuit Thursday in the federal Court of International Trade (CIT). The state attorneys allege that Trump's use of Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 10 percent "global tariff" is an attempt to "sidestep" the Supreme Court's ruling.

"The President has made clear that he is going to impose worldwide tariffs by any........

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