US EditionPritzker Tells Trump to ‘Cut the Check’ After Tariffs Ruling
Governors Newsom and Pritzker demand refunds totaling billions for unlawful tariffs that raised grocery prices and harmed families, threatening legal action if ignored.
- On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the 1977 IEEPA did not authorize President Donald Trump's tariffs, prompting California Governor Gavin Newsom and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to demand refunds.
- Governors argued the tariffs functioned as a tax on working Americans and farmers, noting Trump-era duties raised more than $130 billion from importers.
- Using state data, Pritzker tallied damages of $8,679,261,600 for 5,105,488 households and wrote `On behalf of the people of Illinois`.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the administration will invoke alternative legal authorities and expects virtually unchanged tariff revenue in 2026, while the Penn-Wharton Budget Model estimates $175 billion in potential refunds affecting the U.S. Treasury.
- Logistical challenges include customs bond insufficiencies, with U.S. Customs identifying over 24,000 bond insufficiencies valued at nearly $3.6 billion complicating refunds through the Court of International Trade.
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The governor of California says the average impact would have exceeded $1,700 per family in the past year.
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