USA Today 05.13.2025
USA Today: Small businesses call Trump’s tariffs ‘unlawful,’ urge federal trade court to block them
“Judge Jane Restani asked how the court could gauge whether the tariffs are responding to an “unusual” or “extraordinary” situation.
“How would the court draw that line?” Restani asked. “’You know it when you see it’ doesn’t work. Give me some words.”
Schwab said Trump’s invocation was far outside an emergency because the country ran trade deficits for decades.
“I’m asking this court to be an umpire and to call a strike,” Schwab said. “You’re asking me, ‘Where’s the strike zone? Is it at the knees or slightly below the knees?’ I’m saying it’s a wild pitch and it’s on the other side of the batter and it hit the backstop so we don’t need to debate the difference.” – Bart Jansen