Trump Tells Court His Tariffs Can’t Be Reviewed by Judges
Donald Trump signs an executive order proposing new tariffs at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
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The Trump administration asked the US trade court to reject a lawsuit by small businesses challenging the president’s global tariffs, arguing that judges don’t have the authority to review the national emergency he invoked to justify the sweeping levies.
The businesses are improperly questioning the veracity of President Donald Trump’s assertion of a national emergency, “inviting judicial second-guessing of the president’s judgment,” the Justice Department said in a filing late Tuesday in the US Court of International Trade.