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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of attorneys general suing to block President Trump’s tariffs.
The case challenges four of President Trump’s executive orders that "claim the power to increase tariffs worldwide without congressional action."
“Trump’s lawless and chaotic tariffs are a massive tax on Connecticut families and a disaster for Connecticut businesses and jobs. He is destroying our strong economy and robbing from working families to enrich his Mar-a-Lago billionaire cronies. The Constitution is clear-- Trump has no authority to wage this brainless trade war and we are suing in the Court of International Trade to stop this,” said Attorney General Tong.
The lawsuit challenges President Trump’s executive orders calling for higher tariffs on most products worldwide.
Tong's statement cites Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund projections that predict this round of tariffs will cause inflation.
It also cites a Yale Budget Lab report that estimates tariffs will cost consumers $4,900 per household, and claims tariffs will shrink the American economy by $180 billion annually, and increase unemployment by 0.6 percent, among other things.
"Under Article I of the Constitution, only Congress has the 'Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises.' The executive orders cite the powers granted by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), but that law applies only when an emergency presents 'unusual and extraordinary threat' from abroad and does not give the President the power to impose tariffs. Congress enacted IEEPA in 1977. No President had imposed tariffs based on IEEPA until President Trump did so this year," the statement says.
The case is entitled State of Oregon, et al., v. Trump, et al. and was filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
The case is led by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. Also joining the lawsuit are the attorneys general of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York and Vermont.
Meanwhile, Connecticut taxpayers' eyes are spinning, wondering how much all this lawfare is going to cost.
