Judge Assigned to Hear New IEEPA Tariff Suit in Texas
Judge David Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas was assigned to the latest case challenging President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in a text-only order. Ezra was appointed to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan, though he was designated by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve on the Texas court in 2013 to help manage the court's caseload (FIREDISC, Inc. v. Donald J. Trump, W.D. Tex. # 25-01134).
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The suit is the second of its kind brought by the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a conservative advocacy group (see 2507220064). The alliance's first case was initially filed in a Florida district court but was transferred to the Court of International Trade on the grounds that the trade court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear the case under Section 1581(i) (see 2507220064).
The alliance's first IEEPA tariff case was stayed pending the appeal of the lead case on the issue, which is now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.