Trump Tells Court His Tariffs Can’t Be Reviewed by Judges (1)

The Trump administration asked the US trade court to reject a lawsuit by small businesses challenging the president’s global tariffs, arguing that judges don’t have the authority to review the national emergency he invoked to justify the sweeping levies.

The businesses are improperly questioning the veracity of President Donald Trump’s assertion of a national emergency, “inviting judicial second-guessing of the president’s judgment,” the Justice Department said in a filing late Tuesday in the US Court of International Trade.

Trump is attempting to stave off claims that his trade war is based on a false emergency and therefore illegal. ...