Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs
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.
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The monster they created has gotten out of their control.
A classic to be sure
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.
My first thought: oh, the Kochs are involved. Something may change.
Koch is old guard, they already lost too much influence.
It’s just drama that will not change that many things
That's possible. I would imagine if real (Thiel) money orders differently, that's what it's going to be.
Right!! Never thought I'd be siding with a Koch. I'm feeling dirty now, gonna go take a shower...
The puppet cut his string and the master isn't too happy. This is one is for the history books.
Hey, he got his brilliant ideas from Peter Navarro, oops, I mean "Ron Vara".
I mean, I keep asking if this can get any more stupid, but these people keep blowing on by the former records for stupidity.
Illegally doing everything else, from breaking and entering and stealing data with unvetted and unconfirmed people like fElon. Kidnapping people off streets.
All fine.
But fuck with THEIR money? Katy bar the door....
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.
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)?
Love to see right wingers tear each other apart.
When you're MAGAt doing MAGAt things and you go so much too far you've lost Charles Kock and Leo Leo...
🤦♀️ 😂 🤣 🖕 🖕
Let them fight
Heartbreaking
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.
Except the problem here is, trump himself is doing exactly what putin wants and destroying the US. He is the foreign paid threat.
Someone's gotta do the legolas and gimly meme for this
The one where gimly still says they aren't friends for sure.