For years, New York Attorney General Letitia James made Donald Trump the centerpiece of her political and legal agenda, filing lawsuits and celebrating courtroom battles that she claimed would finally bring him down. Now, she is back in the spotlight, leading a coalition of 25 Democrat attorneys general in yet another lawsuit—this time targeting President Trump’s newly announced tariffs.
But this latest legal challenge may already be facing an uphill battle.
Unlike the tariffs the Supreme Court struck down earlier this year, Trump’s latest trade actions rely on an entirely different legal authority—one that has already survived years of intense court scrutiny. Critics of the lawsuit argue that James and her allies are fighting the wrong battle and may be relying on a legal argument that has already been rejected by the courts.
