Johanna Foods Inc., a major importer of orange juice, filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, saying that the measure, announced in a July 9 letter from Mr. Trump to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, threatened to upend its business and sharply drive up prices for American consumers. A unanimous ruling in our favor by the US Court of International Trade concluded that IEEPA "does not authorize the President to impose unbounded tariffs" and that such "an unlimited delegation of tariff authority would constitute an improper abdication of legislative power to another branch of government." The case (consolidated with a similar lawsuit filed by 12 state governments) is now on appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, with oral argument scheduled July 31 (see here for the appellate briefs of the parties, and here for the many amicus briefs supporting us, filed by groups on different sides of the political spectrum).
Author: Ilya Somin
Published at: 2025-07-22 21:36:25
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