Tariff Toss

Sorry, California:

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who was chosen by former President Joe Biden, gave California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta some bad news after they sued Trump and several federal agencies in April. The case was already in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, but the Trump administration asked the judge to move it to the U.S. Court of International Trade for New York. Instead, she threw out Newsom and Bonta’s whole case. This meant that the two Democrats could appeal to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is known for being very left. Democrats in California said that Trump’s tariffs, which were put in place under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act without being approved by Congress, go against the separation of powers principle. However, the Trump administration says that the tariffs are necessary to deal with a national emergency caused by the trade deficit with other countries.

The tariffs stay...