Oregon led a multistate case before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) today challenging the federal government’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs, which are driving up the cost of everyday goods for working people across the country. The case tests whether the President exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

“Sitting in that courtroom today, you could really feel what’s at stake for working families,” said Attorney General Rayfield. “Between this administration’s bad trade deals, these tariffs and their continued efforts to cut health care and SNAP benefits for Americans, they’re reshaping the American economy into one that simply doesn’t work for working people. Oregon families are already stretching every dollar as they get ready for Thanksgiving. Everyone has had that moment lately – you walk into the grocery store, grab the same cart of groceries you always do, and somehow the bill is twenty bucks higher. The president’s attorney himself admitted that the American people – not foreign countries – are going to pay 30-80% of these tariffs. Working families are facing an affordability crisis across our nation, and the president has abused an emergency power. That’s why we’re fighting.”