{"id":28291,"date":"2026-08-05T07:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28291"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:42:22","slug":"these-25-u-s-states-are-suing-the-trump-administration-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28291","title":{"rendered":"These 25 U.S. States Are Suing the Trump Administration. Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">But the Democratic-led states strongly refute this reasoning, insisting in the lawsuit that \u201cthe Administration cannot use forced labor as a pretext to continue its illegal tariff scheme. The tariffs the USTR imposed are so broad that they defy the USTR\u2019s own stated aims and make a mockery of the statute used to justify them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who co-led the coalition, <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-third-time-over-its-illegal\" target=\"undefined\">claimed<\/a> Trump is \u201cso intent on raising the cost of living for Americans that he is willing to break law after law after law to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cTariffs are taxes, and the American people cannot and should not shoulder the extra costs that come from the President\u2019s failed and illegal economic policy\u2014no matter how much the President wants them to,\u201d he added, in a statement announcing he is suing the Trump Administration over its tariffs for a third time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Joining California in the lawsuit are Arizona, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey,\u00a0 North Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia Washington, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But the Democratic-led states strongly refute this reasoning, insisting in the lawsuit that \u201cthe Administration cannot use forced labor as a pretext to continue its illegal tariff scheme. 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