Advancing American Freedom, leading a coalition of 26 amici, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in V.O.S. Solutions, Inc. v. Trump and Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump urging the Court to strike down the President’s unilateral tariffs. In August, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceed the power granted to him by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). As AAF’s amicus brief argues, if IEEPA did grant the President the power he claims, it would unconstitutionally transfer Congress’s core powers of taxation and commerce regulation to the President. The Court must rule for small businesses and restore the separation of powers created by the Constitution.
“America’s Founders distributed the government’s powers among three separate branches because they understood the dangers of centralized and unilateral power,” said AAF General Counsel J. Marc Wheat. “This case strikes at the core of our constitutional system. The Supreme Court must ensure that Congress, not the President, controls the federal government’s taxing power.”
