{"id":2426729,"date":"2025-04-24T01:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-sue-trump-administration-to-stop-tariffs-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:13:07","slug":"states-sue-trump-administration-to-stop-tariffs-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-sue-trump-administration-to-stop-tariffs-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"States sue Trump administration to stop tariffs &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstates-sue-trump-administration-to-stop-tariffs-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2426729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A coalition of 12 states is suing the Trump administration in an effort too prevent the implementation of tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York City, argues that Trump&#8217;s tariffs are illegal and disrupt the economic system of the nation. The states claim that the President has overstepped his authority, as the constitution designates the power to impose taxes and tariffs to Congress, not the president.<\/p>\n<p>In their lawsuit, the states contend that Trump&#8217;s use of executive orders and other means to enact tariffs represents a chaos-inducing approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-britain-signs-trade-deal-with-australia-righting-historic-wrong\/\" title=\"Brexit Britain Signs Trade Deal with Australia, Righting &#039;Historic Wrong&#039;\">national trade policy<\/a> that undermines the Constitution. They assert that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump cited as justification for the tariffs, does not grant him the ability to impose such tariffs arbitrarily or in a manner disconnected from an actual emergency.<\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James criticized Trump&#8217;s tariff policies, labeling them as <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">whimsically decided tax increases<\/a> that burden consumers. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes described the tariffs as both reckless and illegal, emphasizing that they effectively raise taxes on consumers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-crushing-democracy-by-cutting-out-political-competition\/\" title=\"Dems Crushing Democracy By Cutting Out Political Competition\">legal challenge aims<\/a> to halt what the states see as overreach by the President in economic matters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">States sue Trump administration to stop tariffs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2104412\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Multiple states are suing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> to halt the implementation of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s proposed tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>They claimed that Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> were unlawful and created chaos within the nation&rsquo;s economic system, the <em>Associated Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tariffs-lawsuit-what-states-sue-0d6531b7f60aaa2f7c6c35e0a944d4a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. The lawsuit was filed in New York City, New York, on Wednesday at the U.S. Court of International Trade. There were 12 states listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Vermont.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3389713\/democrats-distance-themselves-transgender-politics-podcast-appearances\/\">Prominent Democrats distance themselves from transgender politics in podcast appearances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3389661\/trump-opposition-millionaire-tax-economy-leave-us\/\">Trump shows opposition to millionaire tax: &#8216;Disruptive&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3389639\/michelle-obama-why-skipped-trump-inauguration\/\">Michelle Obama reveals why she skipped Trump inauguration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The lawsuit argues that Trump overstepped his &ldquo;lawful authority&rdquo; in imposing the tariffs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Constitution assigns to Congress, not the President, the &lsquo;Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,&#8217;&rdquo; reads the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/court-filings\/state-of-oregon-et-al-v-donald-j-trump-united-states-department-of-homeland-security-et-al-complaint-2025.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a>. &ldquo;Yet over the last three months, the President has imposed, modified, escalated, and suspended tariffs by executive order, memoranda, social media post, and agency decree. These edicts reflect a national trade policy that now hinges on the President&rsquo;s whims rather than the sound exercise of his lawful authority.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The states also claimed that by implementing these tariffs, Trump &ldquo;upended the constitutional order.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; the 12 states claimed in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also claimed that no president has the power to impose tariffs through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which is the law that Trump claimed gave him the right to impose the tariffs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President has no authority to arbitrarily impose tariffs as he has done here,&rdquo; the plaintiffs stipulate in the lawsuit&rsquo;s introduction. &ldquo;The text and history of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) &mdash; the statute the President has invoked for the most damaging of his tariffs &mdash; confirm that the President cannot impose such tariffs under that law. And even if it did, it would not allow the worldwide tariffs he has imposed, which were not a response to an emergency as IEEPA defines it and have no nexus to the circumstances that purported to justify them.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New York Attorney General Letitia James, representing the state as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, criticized Trump&rsquo;s tariff policy, claiming that he raised taxes &ldquo;on a whim.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president does not have the power to raise taxes on a whim, but that&rsquo;s exactly what President Trump has been doing with these tariffs,&rdquo; James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/23\/states-sue-trump-in-bid-to-block-new-tariffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called the president&rsquo;s tariff policies &ldquo;reckless&rdquo; and &ldquo;illegal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump&rsquo;s insane tariff scheme is not only economically reckless &mdash; it is illegal,&rdquo; Mayes <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/23\/states-sue-trump-in-bid-to-block-new-tariffs.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Arizona cannot afford President Trump&rsquo;s massive tax increase. No matter what the White House claims, tariffs are a tax that will be passed on to Arizona consumers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2104412\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2104412\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>States file lawsuit against Trump to block tariffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2426730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25039058776747.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4585,5090,50406,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2426729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-lawsuit","tag-states","tag-tariffs-2","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25039058776747.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2426729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426733,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2426729\/revisions\/2426733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2426730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2426729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2426729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2426729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}