Liberty Justice Center files first lawsuit challenging Trump's new Section 301 tariffs

Published Jul 24, 07:55 PM UTC

The Liberty Justice Center has filed the first lawsuit challenging former President Donald Trump's massive new Section 301 tariffs. The case, Burlap & Barrel, Inc. v. Greer, was filed in the US Court of International Trade on behalf of two small businesses importing goods from countries covered by the tariffs. The complaint argues the tariffs violate procedural and substantive requirements of Section 301, exceed the statute's intended scope by using 'forced labor' as a pretext for a worldwide trade war, and run afoul of the major questions doctrine and nondelegation doctrine. The plaintiffs are seeking class action certification, which if granted and successful, would block the tariffs for virtually all importers. The Liberty Justice Center previously won a Supreme Court case challenging Trump's IEEPA tariffs and prevailed in a Section 122 tariffs case.