A group of conservative legal heavyweights — including some who once defended Donald Trump against his criminal prosecutions — are now urging a federal judge to strike down the former president’s sweeping tariff policy.
“Congress, not the president, has the power to impose tariffs,” they wrote in an amicus brief filed this week in a lawsuit brought by two small businesses that design educational toys and pet items, NOTUS reported Friday. The brief was signed by a total of 14 lawyers and former officials, including Federalist Society co-chair Steven Calabresi and former Attorney General Edwin Meese III, the publication added.
“This dispute is not about the wisdom of tariffs or the politics of trade,” the group wrote. “It is about who holds the power to tax the American people.”
