Gov. Newsom demands refund checks - with interest - for Americans after SCOTUS strikes down Trump's tariffs
Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding immediate tariff refund checks for Americans after the Supreme Court ruled that most of President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal."There's nothing in the International Economic Emergencies Power Act that gives the President of the United States unilateral authority to impose a tax increase on ranchers, on farmers, on small businesses, on you and me. Donald Trump should return that money immediately. He has an obligation," Newsom said.
In a press release, Newsom's office elaborated, calling on the Trump administration to "immediately issue refund checks - with interest - to American families and businesses after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs were illegal."
"Time to pay the piper, Donald. These tariffs were nothing more than an illegal cash grab that drove up prices and hurt working families, so you could wreck longstanding alliances and extort them. Every dollar unlawfully taken must be refunded immediately - with interest. Cough up!" Newsom wrote.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion that the president did not have the authority under the Emergency Powers Act to impose tariffs without approval from Congress.
Gov. Newsom demands refund checks for Americans after SCOTUS strikes down Trump's tariffs
"These tariffs were nothing more than an illegal cash grab... Every dollar unlawfully taken must be refunded immediately - with interest. Cough up!" Newsom wrote.