Tariffs

Ilya Somin | 4.13.2025 4:54 PM

I missed this when the case was first filed. But two members of the Blackfeet Nation, a Native American tribe, have filed a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump's Canada tariffs on constitutional grounds, and also because they violate tribal treaty rights:

Two citizens of the Blackfeet Nation on April 4 filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging tariffs the Trump administration is imposing on Canada violate the U.S. Constitution and tribal treaty rights.

State Sen. Susan Webber, D-Browning, and Jonathan St. Goddard, a rancher on the Blackfeet Reservation, named the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Kristi Noem and the United States of America in the suit, which was filed in Montana federal district court. The plaintiffs are represented by Monica Tranel, who ran as a Democrat for Montana's western congressional seat in 2022 and 2024….

This lawsuit specifically pertains to several Executive Orders, including one

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