Trump allies rail against court ruling blocking wide swath of tariffs
Some
Republicans attempted to frame decision as part of a broader fight between the
Trump administration and US justice system
Lauren
Aratani
Thu 29 May
2025 14.10 BST
Republicans
and close allies of Donald Trump are railing against a federal judicial panel
who blocked a wide swath of the US president’s tariffs on Wednesday night,
including those against China.
Some
attempted to frame the decision as part of a broader fight between the Trump
administration and US justice system. Trump has frequently complained about
legal decisions that don’t go his way, attacking judges on social media in ways
that have alarmed civic society experts.
“The
judicial coup is out of control,” Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief
of staff, wrote on X.
Conservative
influencer Laura Loomer also called it a “judicial coup” on social media.
In a
statement to Fox News, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said: “It is not for
unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency.”
“The
administration is committed to using every lever of executive power to address
this crisis and restore American Greatness,” Desai said.
The panel of
three judges in the US court of international trade based out of New York ruled
in favor of groups, including the state government of Arizona and Oregon and
several small businesses, who argued that Trump exceeded his executive
authority when implementing broad tariffs. The decision is on a temporary hold
after the Trump administration appealed.
In its
decision, the panel said that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(IEEPA), which Trump cited in his executive orders instituting the tariffs,
does not “delegate an unbounded tariff authority onto the president”.
Democrats
involved in the lawsuit praised the ruling saying it’s a victory for “working
families, small businesses and everyday Americans”.
“We brought
this case because the constitution doesn’t give a president unchecked authority
to upend the economy,” said Dan Rayfield, Oregon’s attorney general, in a
statement. “This ruling reaffirms that our laws matter, and that trade
decisions can’t be made on the president’s whim.”
The ruling
does not impact specific tariffs Trump has placed on industries including
aluminum, steel and cars. The White House has filed an appeal with the US court
of appeals.
In the hours
before the US stock market opened on Thursday, stock futures jumped on the
news, signaling Wall Street’s elation with an indefinite pause on the tariffs.
Trump and
his supporters have targeted the broader US judicial system over the last few
years after Trump became the target of several lawsuits over his businesses and
handling of the 2016 and 2020 election. Last year, Trump was found guilty of
falsifying business records and making hush money payments during the 2016
election.
After
Trump’s second term began, the court cases and impacts of the rulings largely
faded away, but Trump has continued to call the judicial system “corrupt”.
Over the
last few days, Trump has issued a slate of pardons for people who were close to
his supporters and donors, saying that they were all convicted and sentenced to
prison by a justice system under the influence of Joe Biden.
Of a former
Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud and bribery,
Trump said: “Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia and their family have
been dragged through HELL by a Corrupt and Weaponized Biden DOJ,” Trump wrote
on social media Monday.
Trump also pardoned the reality TV star parents of a woman, who were sentenced to prison for over $30m of fraudulent loans, who spoke at the Republican national convention last summer and claimed that “we have a two-faced justice system
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