US EditionBlackfeet MT senator, rancher sue Homeland Security seeking to block US-Canada tariffs
- Democrat Sen. Susan Webber and rancher Jonathan St. Goddard filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security last week.
- The lawsuit challenges tariffs imposed on Canada, alleging economic harm to tribal nations and cross-border businesses.
- The plaintiffs, represented by Monica Tranel, seek injunctions arguing tariffs violate constitutional separation of powers.
- The plaintiffs state families, businesses, and communities were "immediately and irreparably harmed by the increased costs of goods."
- The lawsuit aims to block tariffs, citing economic harm, breached due process, and violation of treaty-protected tribal rights.
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Lawsuit aims to block tariffs on Canada
HELENA — A Blackfeet Montana senator filed a lawsuit last week against the Trump Administration's Department of Homeland Security alleging that tariff s imposed on Canada have caused significant economic harm to tribal nations and individuals that do business across…
Blackfeet tribal members sue feds over Canada tariffs
Two citizens of the Blackfeet Nation on April 4 filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging tariffs the Trump administration is imposing on Canada violate the U.S. Constitution and tribal treaty rights. State Sen. Susan Webber, D-Browning, and Jonathan St. Goddard, a rancher on the Blackfeet Reservation, named the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Kristi Noem and the United States of America in the suit, which was file…
Blackfeet tribal members sue to stop Trump tariffs against Canada • Daily Montanan
Photo illustration by Getty Images.When a wheel broke on Jonathan St. Goddard’s tractor in late March, the nearest replacement he could find was in Saskatchewan for $1,253. When he brought back it back to Montana, he was slapped with a $308 tariff for the equipment, part of an expansive array of tariffs ordered by the Trump administration. On Friday in federal court, St. Goddard, along with state Sen. Susan Webber, D-Browning, filed a lawsuit in…
Blackfeet senator, rancher sue Homeland Security seeking to block US-Canada tariffs
Sen. Susan Webber, D-Browning, and a Blackfeet rancher claim the tariffs violate the separation of powers that gives Congress exclusive authority to regulate foreign trade and collect taxes and duties.
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