Justice asks courts to consolidate IEEPA tariff litigation before CIT

The Justice Department is asking courts to consolidate all litigation over President Trump’s recent International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs into one case before the U.S. Court of International Trade -- a bid that if successful would avoid the possibility of contradictory decisions on whether his first-time use of that law to impose tariffs was legal. On April 14, DOJ filed motions to transfer at least two IEEPA tariff challenges out of federal district courts, arguing in both cases that...