Supreme Court Declines to Hear Section 232 Appeal

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster):  The U.S. Supreme Court in June refused to hear AIIS’s challenge to the Trump administration’s Section 232 tariffs on steel, effectively ending the legal effort to have the levies struck down.

After decisions by the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals sided with the administration, AIIS appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the 2018 implementation of 25 percent tariffs on steel (and 10 percent on aluminum) under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 was an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers. The justices however, declined without comment to hear the case.

AIIS President Richard Chriss said immediately following the court’s announcement that the institute has “been guided by one principle: We speak out when the cause is right and the livelihoods of our members and steel supply chain colleagues are harmed.”

“Even though the Supreme Court did not today agree to accept our petition, our cause is still right,” Chriss said. “We reinvigorated a robust national conversation about the proper separation of powers in our system of ordered liberty. That conversation continues. Now it is up to Congress to place limits on presidential decision-making.”

Courtesy: AIIS