After Schweikert, Ciscomani Support Trump's Tariffs, Attorney General Mayes Sues To End The Tariffs Raising Prices for Arizonans

PHOENIX — After Congressmen David Schweikert and Juan Ciscomani voted in support of President Trump’s tariffs that hurt Arizona families, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing the administration to end the President's disastrous tariffs.

According to the Arizona Mirror:

The attorneys general argued that the whiplash of constantly changing tariff rates has injected uncertainty into the country’s economy and said the president’s misuse of his strictly defined powers violates the U.S. Constitution. 

“These edicts reflect a national trade policy that now hinges on the President’s whims rather than the sound exercise of his lawful authority,’ reads the lawsuit. ‘By claiming the authority to impose immense and ever-changing tariffs on whatever goods entering the United States he chooses, for whatever reason he finds convenient to declare an emergency, the President has upended the constitutional order and brought chaos to the American economy.’

Arizona AG Kris Mayes, who has mobilized her office to challenge the federal government’s actions in thirteen different lawsuits, called the tariffs “economically reckless” in a news conference announcing the latest lawsuit. 

“As Arizona’s chief law enforcement officer, I will not stand by while the federal government imposes policies that harm our economy, violates the constitution and ignores the limits of executive power,” she said. “This lawsuit is about protecting Arizonans and businesses large and small, it is about defending our constitutional system and reminding this administration, yet again, that no one — not even the president of the United States — is above the law.” 

“Arizonans want their elected leaders to lower prices, not support tariffs that raise prices on virtually everything that Arizona families need,” said Andrea Moreno, Executive Director of Honest Arizona. “Congressmen Ciscomani and Schweikert need to follow Attorney General Mayes' lead and take action to protect Arizonans from higher prices and work to end President Trump's tariffs.”

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