Last night, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) issued a unanimous ruling in the case against Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and myself on behalf of five US businesses harmed by the tariffs. The ruling also covers the related case filed by twelve states led by Oregon. See my summary and discussion of the ruling here.
As expected, the Trump Administration is appealing the decision to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the appellate court with jurisdiction over appeals from the CIT. Today, the Federal Circuit issued an “administrative stay” temporarily blocking the CIT ruling. This is not an indefinite stay blocking the CIT injunction for as long as it takes to complete the appellate process. Rather, an administrative stay is just a brief temporary block imposed while the issue of whether a more permanent stay should be implemented gets litigated. I anticipate that process will take no more than two or three weeks.
We and the plaintiffs in the Oregon case intend to oppose the government’s motion to impose a permanent stay, and we think we have strong arguments against it.
I will have more to say about the case soon!
