Consumer Watchdog Says No Legal Support for President's Tariff Power

Consumer group touts June Supreme Court decision to boost tariff challenge

A consumer-rights group is arguing that a Supreme Court decision handed down in June undercuts President Trump’s claim that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act gives him sweeping tariff authority, escalating a long-simmering fight that has previously focused on how lower courts should interpret that ruling into a push for the justices to explicitly say what it means for tariffs. Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer-protection orga…

Consumer Watchdog says no legal support for president's tariff power

A nonprofit group told the nation's highest court that even if a 1977 law that doesn't mention tariffs gives the president unbounded tariff authority, Congress doesn't have the authority to delegate that kind of "immense power."

Supreme Court to Consider Legality and Constitutionality of President Trump's Tariffs

As the United States Supreme Court returns to the bench, there are a number of key cases expected to be heard by the Justices in the coming weeks. Among them is a consolidated case concerning the tariffs levied by President Donald Trump’s (R) earlier this year. The question before the Justices this fall asks whether [...] The post Supreme Court to Consider Legality and Constitutionality of President Trump’s Tariffs appeared first on The Maine Wi…

Consumer Watchdog Urges Supreme Court to Rein In Presidential Tariff Powers Driving Up Consumer Prices

Washington, DC – Consumer Watchdog today filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Justices to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping “emergency” tariffs, warning that unchecked presidential power under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) threatens both consumers’ pocketbooks and the Constitution’s separation of powers. The nonprofit, non-partisan consumer protection […] The post Consumer Watchd…