July 7, 2025
California asks appeals court to keep IEEPA tariff suits out of CIT
California is laying out a new argument for keeping its lawsuit over President Trump’s International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs away from the Court of International Trade, aiming to counter the emerging position held by some judges and the Justice Department that any executive order directing a change in tariff rates falls under CIT’s jurisdiction alone. “The origin of California’s claims -- i.e., the law this action ‘arises out of’ -- is not the executive orders that are being challenged;...
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