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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Trump’s steel tariffs, leaving them in place
The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will not yet hear a
challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel imports into the
United States. The news was announced in an order
with no noted dissents. The court’s decision not to hear the case
leaves in place a March decision from the U.S. Court of International
Trade which allowed for Trump’s tariffs. The
case was brought by a group of companies in the steel industry who say
they are harmed by the 25% tariffs on steel imports that Trump ordered
early last year. Those tariffs have collected approximately $4.5 billion
so far, the group wrote in a brief with the top court, a figure that “significantly understates the irreparable and ongoing harm” to their businesses. The plaintiffs, which include the American Institute for
International Steel, are arguing that the law Trump invoked to impose
the tariffs effectively granted him too much leeway to circumvent
Congress, a violation of the Constitution’s separation of powers. The
law, Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, imposes no
meaningful limits on the president’s authority, they argued. The AIIS
did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Congress has rebuked the president over his use of tariffs, but has so far not taken meaningful legislative action to limit his authority...MORE
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