Governor Josh Shapiro of Abington Township joined 23 other U.S. states in a lawsuit filed today in the Court of International Trade challenging President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs.

The lawsuit argues that Trump is overstepping his power by misusing Section 122 of the 1974 trade act, which lawmakers say was designed to address specific monetary imbalances possible when the U.S. was under the gold standard, rather than to combat trade imbalances. The states are asking the court to issue an order that would block the new tariffs and order any tariff payments already made ⁠under Section ​122 authority to be refunded.

Shapiro posted today:

I’m suing the Trump Administration for trying AGAIN to impose illegal tariffs.

The Supreme Court got it right — but instead of following the law, Trump decided to double down.

This President’s tariffs have done nothing but cause chaos and raise prices for our farmers, small businesses, and families. I’ve gone to court before to protect Pennsylvanians from the costs of this disastrous trade war — and I’m ready to do it again.

The new tariffs were announced immediately after the ​Supreme Court’s ruling on February 20. From Forbes’ coverage:

$35 billion. That’s the amount of revenue the new 10% tariffs are expected to raise over 150 days, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, replacing approximately 52% of the revenue the government would have taken in if the IEEPA tariffs hadn’t been struck down. That amount goes up to $50 billion if the tariff increases to 15%, replacing 77% of the IEEPA tariffs’ revenue. If Congress were to make the temporary tariffs permanent, the tariffs could raise up to $1.3 trillion through 2036, based on a 15% tariff rate, which would still make up 77% of the revenue from the IEEPA tariffs.

“Contrary to the purpose and limited delegation of Section 122, President Trump has invoked this statute to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses and for whatever reasons he finds convenient,” the states argued in their lawsuit. “As with his unlawful use of IEEPA, the President has once again exercised tariff authority that he does not have—involving a statute that does not authorize the tariffs he has imposed—to upend the constitutional order and bring chaos to the global economy.”

The lawsuit is below:

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