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Liberty Justice Center Launches “Operation Refund Rescue” to Help Small Businesses Recover Unlawful IEEPA Tariff Payments
WASHINGTON | Nov. 2, 2026 — The Liberty Justice Center (LJC) announced its new initiative, Operation Refund Rescue, following its landmark Supreme Court victory earlier this year striking down tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as unlawful.
Tariffs are taxes, and Congress, not the president, gets to impose them | Opinion Original
In Elizabeth, a family-owned food importer is facing a staggering new cost: an estimated $40 million a year in tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The company is Gellert Global Group, a third-generation family business that imports specialty foods for restaurants, grocery stores and retailers across the country. Its predicament illustrates how Washington’s trade wars reach directly into New Jersey businesses and, ultimately, Americans’ wallets. Canada is not some distant adversary.
Liberty Justice Center Sues Over Trump’s Revival of 1930 Tariff Law, Citing Harm to American Businesses
NEW YORK | Oct. 20, 2026 — Today, the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the administration’s use of Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods.
Member of the Team That Drafted Section 301 Joins Trade Experts Urging Court to Reject Overreaching Global Tariffs
WASHINGTON | Sept. 14, 2026 — The people who know Section 301 best are telling the U.S. Court of International Trade that the administration is using the statute in a way Congress never designed it to be used. Among those who filed is Ambassador Alan Wm. Wolff, who drafted the initial version of what became Section 301 and served as the principal draftsman of the Trade Act of 1974 during its consideration by Congress. He is joined on the brief by Ambassador Carla A.
A 50% Tariff on Pencil Parts? Welcome to the U.S.-Canada Trade War. Original
Tariffs Canada's retaliatory tariffs include the little metal band that holds an eraser onto a pencil. | (Photo: Alptraum/Dreamstime. Illustration: Fatima Ruiz) In his 1958 essay "I, Pencil," Leonard Read used the ordinary pencil to illustrate the extraordinary coordination of a free economy. Cedar, graphite, clay, lacquer, metal, rubber, machinery, transportation, and innumerable varieties of human knowledge come together to produce an object that sells for pennies.
Janet Yellen, Nobel Laureate Simon Johnson and 46 Other Economists Back Liberty Justice Center’s Section 122 Tariff Challenge
WASHINGTON | Sept. 9, 2026—Forty-eight prominent economists—including former Treasury Secretary and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Nobel laureate Simon Johnson, and former senior economic officials from Republican and Democratic administrations—are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to uphold the ruling striking down the Trump administration’s Section 122 tariffs.
Sanction Putin’s war machine — just don’t hand Trump another blank tariff check
Congress should pass tougher sanctions on Russia. President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine should carry real consequences, and countries helping finance it through purchases of Russian oil and gas should not get a free pass. The Senate overwhelmingly agreed. To its credit, it also improved the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act before passing it.
AFT Target Funds Teachers’ Retirement
Aug. 19, 2026 12:32 pm ET ‘Target is OUT this back-to-school season,” Randi Weingarten declared on Facebook this week, urging teachers to spend their school-supply dollars elsewhere. In February the American Federation of Teachers said it wanted Minneapolis-based Target to take a public stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota.
Liberty Justice Center Named Finalist for 2026 Templeton Freedom Award
NEW YORK | 19 August, 2026 — The Liberty Justice Center is honored to announce that Atlas Network has selected the organization as a finalist for the 2026 Templeton Freedom Award, recognizing its work defending American businesses, consumers and the Constitution from unlawful tariff policies. The Templeton Freedom Award is Atlas Network’s most prestigious honor.
Liberty Justice Center Challenges Unlawful Section 301 Tariffs as Administration Replaces Expiring Section 122 Tariffs
(NEW YORK) — As the administration’s temporary Section 122 tariffs reached their statutory end, today the Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the administration’s replacement tariffs imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. The new Section 301 duties took effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT on July 24, immediately after the 150-day Section 122 surcharge ended.
Sitting judge posts ‘F*** ICE’: The shocking double standard of Illinois courts
Cook County Circuit Judge Cynthia Ramirez posted two words about a federal law enforcement agency on social media: “F*** ICE.” The real cost of saying ‘no’ to Hezbollah in Lebanon JD Vance handed Iran $6 billion — American soldiers paid the price Congress is about to hand ISIS a massive gift in Africa Ramirez is a sitting judge. Yet, as of this writing, the Illinois bar associations that demanded Judge James R.
America’s Constitution Still Knows How to Say No | National Review
The tariff case, the Supreme Court's final decisions of the term, and the nation's Semiquincentennial all point to the same lesson: liberty depends on limits.
Op-Ed: When the government loses in court, but keeps charging anyway Original
At ports across the United States, something unusual is happening. Thousands of American businesses are now waiting for refunds on tariffs the courts have already ruled unlawful. At the same time, many of those same companies are being asked to pay a new round of tariffs – based on a different legal theory. For importers, the question is simple: how many times can the government impose the same tariffs under a new name?
Column: Refund the tariffs the right way — not with political math
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the administration’s tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Gov. JB Pritzker has called for roughly $1,700 per Illinois household — about $8.7 billion total — arguing that families effectively paid an illegal tax through higher prices and deserve direct reimbursement. It may be appealing math.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Social media is the new public square and Kentucky law lags behind
Free speech is often celebrated in theory and resisted in practice. At its core, the First Amendment is not meant to protect speech that is popular, polite, or affirming. It exists to protect speech that challenges authority — speech that makes people uncomfortable, exposes misconduct, and forces public officials to answer questions they would rather avoid. If free speech only protected viewpoints everyone agreed with, it would be worthless. kAm%92E AC:?4:A=6 >2EE6CD ?@H >@C6 E92?
Albrecht: Refund the tariffs the right way — not with political math
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the administration’s tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Gov. JB Pritzker has called for roughly $1,700 per Illinois household — about $8.7 billion total — arguing that families effectively paid an illegal tax through higher prices and deserve direct reimbursement.
Albrecht: Refund the tariffs the right way — not with political math
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the administration’s tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Gov. JB Pritzker has called for roughly $1,700 per Illinois household — about $8.7 billion total — arguing that families effectively paid an illegal tax through higher prices and deserve direct reimbursement.
Sara Albrecht: Refund the tariffs the right way — not with political math
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the administration’s tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Unlock the rest of the article with a new subscription. Your support strengthens local journalism. Subscribe now for full access to local reporting, breaking news, and more. Sara Albrecht is a Chicago resident and chair of the Liberty Justice Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest law firm.
Commentary: Refund the tariffs the right way
By Sara Albrecht, Chicago Tribune When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the administration's tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Gov. JB Pritzker has called for roughly $1,700 per Illinois household - about $8.7 billion total - arguing that families effectively paid an illegal tax through higher prices and deserve direct reimbursement.
Commentary: Refund the tariffs the right way - not with political math
The Rotterdam container ship prepares to dock at PortMiami on Feb. 17, 2026, in Miami. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected soon to release opinions on U.S. President Donald Trump's unilateral emergency tariffs. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS) When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the administration's tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Gov.
Opinion: Transparency isn't a political attack — it's a public obligation
Chicago Teachers Union leaders would like the public to believe that recent federal scrutiny of their finances is part of a right-wing conspiracy — an attack on educators, students, and social justice itself. That framing may be effective rally rhetoric. It is also deeply misleading. This controversy isn’t about ideology or national culture wars. It’s about something far simpler and far more fundamental: money, accountability, and the public’s right to know how taxpayer dollars are spent.
Social media is the new public square and Kentucky law lags behind
(Getty Images) Free speech is often celebrated in theory and resisted in practice. At its core, the First Amendment is not meant to protect speech that is popular, polite, or affirming. It exists to protect speech that challenges authority — speech that makes people uncomfortable, exposes misconduct, and forces public officials to answer questions they would rather avoid. If free speech only protected viewpoints everyone agreed with, it would be worthless.
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