Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs
Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs
New Civil Liberties Alliance says president’s invocation of emergency powers to impose tariffs is unlawful
Summary
A libertarian legal group backed by Charles Koch and Leonard Leo has filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports, arguing he unlawfully invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
The group, New Civil Liberties Alliance, claims only Congress can impose tariffs and warns Trump's actions violate the Supreme Court’s “major questions” doctrine.
The suit reflects growing GOP dissent, with Senators Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, and others also pushing to rein in Trump’s trade powers amid economic fallout and plunging markets.
The monster they created has gotten out of their control.
Leonard Leo is a horrible human being, and one that would normally stay in the shadows. His name surfacing is an interesting matter indeed.
An excellent ProPublica article from 2023 gives some insight: https://www.propublica.org/article/we-dont-talk-about-leonard-leo-supreme-court-supermajority
I've never heard of this guy. Thanks for sharing!
Also damn what a stupid name
I always thought that the villain in the Clerks animted series, Leonardo Leonardo, was a reference to him since he was a billionaire looking to control everything.
Edit: Oh also the real Leonardo Leo is literally from New Jersey...
As much as I'd like to see the Koch's take it on the chin i hope he wins this one.
I'm torn. If the Koch brothers don't want it, I want it. 💀💀💀 What even is this fucking timeline.
One is dead, so there’s that.
These guys marshalled every resource they had to astroturf any Republican not sufficiently eager to fight Obama, a man who shares an identical economic ideology as the person who they considered to be the best President ever.
I don't mind tariffs on china. Stop the ones on our friends.
I'd like for them both to win the court case AND go broke. Please and thank you, Jebus.
When you're MAGAt doing MAGAt things and you go so much too far you've lost Charles Kock and Leo Leo...
🤦♀️ 😂 🤣 🖕 🖕
Love to see right wingers tear each other apart.
Seriously, what the fuck did these idiots think was going to happen? Did they think he was kidding when he kept blathering about tariffs (again)?
Leopards and faces.
Lonnie is an actual Nazi, not just a sparkling racist. He knows what's coming. That's why he's sucking so much chode. Nacht der langen Messer coming soon.
Let them fight
Someone's gotta do the legolas and gimly meme for this
The one where gimly still says they aren't friends for sure.
“This statute authorizes specific emergency actions like imposing sanctions or freezing assets to protect the United States from foreign threats,” the alliance said in a statement.
Except the problem here is, trump himself is doing exactly what putin wants and destroying the US. He is the foreign paid threat.