SCHNEIDER CELEBRATES SCOTUS STRIKING DOWN TRUMP TARIFFS

LINCOLNSHIRE, IL – Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, released the following statement responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling that Trump’s emergency tariffs are illegal: 

“It’s finally Liberation Day. 

“The Supreme Court has reined in Trump’s illegal tariff taxes and delivered a resounding victory for American families and small businesses that have been burdened by higher costs caused by Trump’s punitive, harmful, and arbitrary tariffs. 

“The question before the Court was simple and clear: does the President have the authority to impose tariffs? The Court’s answer was equally straightforward: ‘IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.’ Our Constitution gives sole authority to impose tariffs to Congress, not the President. 

“Despite my Republican colleagues’ abject failure to stand up to President Trump and assert Congress’s constitutional authority over tariffs, I am grateful the Supreme Court stepped in to affirm what we have long known to be true – the power to levy tariffs lies within Congress.

“When used strategically, tariffs can be an important tool in defending U.S. economic interests. Instead, President Trump’s capricious, whipsaw approach has driven up grocery, energy, housing, insurance, and many other costs, and at the same time alienated our allies and strengthened our adversaries. 

“The cost of Trump’s tariff chaos is real, for American families, small business owners, and retirement accounts. It’s finally coming to an end.”

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