{"id":1922,"date":"2026-01-07T20:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2026-01-07T21:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T02:35:39","slug":"stopping-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/2026\/01\/07\/stopping-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Press Release<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Attor\u00adney Gen\u00ader\u00adal Tong Sues Trump Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion to Stop Ille\u00adgal Tar\u00adiffs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preceding Event<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald Trump issued exec\u00adu\u00adtive orders, impos\u00ading tar\u00adiffs on oth\u00ader coun\u00adtries. Four are at issue in this case. These are known in the suit as the \u201cCana\u00adda Tar\u00adiff Order\u201d, \u201cThe Mex\u00adi\u00adco Tar\u00adiff Order\u201d, the \u201cChi\u00adna Tar\u00adiff Order<\/a>\u201d and \u201cThe World\u00adwide Tar\u00adiff Order<\/a>.\u201d Trump has been invok\u00ading the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Emer\u00adgency Eco\u00adnom\u00adic Pow\u00aders Act to jus\u00adti\u00adfy his actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Overview<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Accord\u00ading to the law\u00adsuit, \u201cThe Pres\u00adi\u00addent has no author\u00adi\u00adty to arbi\u00adtrar\u00adi\u00adly impose tar\u00adiffs as he has done here. The text and his\u00adto\u00adry of the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Emer\u00adgency Eco\u00adnom\u00adic Pow\u00aders Act (IEEPA)\u2014the statute the Pres\u00adi\u00addent has invoked for the most dam\u00adag\u00ading of his tariffs\u2014confirm that the Pres\u00adi\u00addent can\u00adnot impose such tar\u00adiffs under that law. And even if it did, it would not allow the world\u00adwide tar\u00adiffs he has imposed, which were not a response to an emer\u00adgency as IEEPA defines it and have no nexus to the cir\u00adcum\u00adstances that pur\u00adport\u00aded to jus\u00adti\u00adfy them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law\u00adsuit claims that Trump is attempt\u00ading to cir\u00adcum\u00advent nor\u00admal process\u00ades of imple\u00adment\u00ading tar\u00adiffs by issu\u00ading exec\u00adu\u00adtive orders and that his order vio\u00adlates the Com\u00admerce Clause of Arti\u00adcle 1 Sec\u00adtion 8 of the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of filing<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case #<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1:25-cv-00077<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case title:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The State of Ore\u00adgon et al v. Unit\u00aded States Depart\u00adment of Home\u00adland Secu\u00adri\u00adty<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs<\/strong>: 12 states<\/h3>\n\n\n\n