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California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs (politico.com)
7 points by voxadam 86 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



>Newsom and Bonta’s argument targets the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, the law Trump is using to impose tariffs without congressional approval.

This is an interesting legal avenue, even if just to make congress do their job.

Tariffs are legally supposed to be a congressional action, not executive. Congress has given the executive branch some leeway on this but I believe this is still congress's job.




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