A dozen Democratic states sue to stop President Trump's tariffs
Democratic attorneys general from 12 states filed a joint lawsuit arguing that the president does not have the constitutional authority to execute his sweeping tariff agenda.
Twelve states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the legality of President Donald Trump's broad tariff agenda, arguing it unlawfully undermines Congress' constitutional authority to regulate foreign commerce.
The legal challenge, led by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, seeks to halt the enforcement of the global tariffs Trump levied that invoked a wartime law granting presidents the power to oversee trade if the United States is in a state of emergency.
"By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the President has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy," said the complaint Democratic attorneys general filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Mayes said in a statement announcing the lawsuit, “Trump’s insane tariff scheme is not only economically reckless — it is illegal.”
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