Legal Group Funded by Conservative Megadonors Challenges Trump’s Tariffs. The legal organization behind a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s tariffs is funded by groups linked to Charles Koch and Leonard A. Leo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/business/economy/trump-tariffs-challenge-megadonors.html
by coolbern
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>In what appeared to be the first tariff-related lawsuit against the Trump administration, the founder of Simplified, Emily Ley, argued that President Trump overstepped his authority in February when he first imposed new import taxes on Chinese goods.
>…The complaint filed on behalf of Ms. Ley, in Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida, asked a judge to declare Mr. Trump’s China-related executive orders unconstitutional and to bar Customs and Border Protection from enforcing the tariffs.
[Sheldon Gilbert to Become Next Federalist Society President and CEO](https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/sheldon-gilbert-to-become-next-federalist-society-president-and-ceo):
>The Federalist Society’s Board of Directors is delighted to announce that Sheldon Gilbert will become its second president on January 2, 2025. Gilbert, currently Walmart’s Senior Lead Counsel for Strategic Initiatives…
That’s some egg in their face… Seeing as how it’s been their money creating this catastrophe for years.
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