The U.S. Supreme Court ruled with the administration of former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden’s administration in a case involving steel tariffs.
The Trump administration’s decision to implement the tariffs, according to USP Holdings, was unlawful, the company said in an appeal that was turned down by lower courts. The Biden administration battled against USP Holdings and other steel importers who claimed the tariffs had harmed them while mostly maintaining the current level of duties.
“The Biden administration understands that simply lifting steel tariffs without any solution in place, particularly beyond the dialogue, could very well mean layoffs and plant closures in Pennsylvania and in Ohio and other states where obviously the impact would be felt not only not be economically but politically,” Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said.
“Trump referred to Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Act, which allows the president to put limitations on the entry of goods deemed crucial to national security. He said at the time that the tariffs were required to increase the use of American steel in the manufacture of ships, aircraft, and military equipment. Despite the fact that some nations were exempt from the policy, the tariffs raised tensions with several U.S. allies, according to the study.
“In an unsigned order, the Supreme docket denied the petition in USP Holdings Inc. v. United States, docket file 22-565. The court’s choice was not explained. No justices disagreed with the ruling. According to the petition (pdf) submitted to the Supreme Court, the then-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross launched an investigation in April 2017 to see if “steel was being imported under such circumstances as to threaten or impair national security.”
The Supreme Court has also been very active.
This term, the Supreme Court seems prepared to issue decisions that might fundamentally alter climate change lawsuits.
Boyden Grey, who served as the vice president’s advisor during the Reagan administration and the president’s White House lawyer during the George detailed how federal courts are struggling to agree on whether climate change lawsuits are governed by state or federal law, meaning the Supreme Court will likely decide for them.