Rob Bonta
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So we'll see what he does and we'll assess.
We brought 58 lawsuits in less than 58 weeks against the Trump administration for repeated lawsuits.
illegal conduct.
And so we will assess whether any of his actions going forward in the tariff space are lawful or not.
And if he breaks the law again and hurts California again, we'll take him to court.
Well, Aipa's off the table.
So he can no longer use Aipa to impose tariffs.
He tried.
He lost.
Aipa doesn't mention the word tariffs.
It's never been used in nearly 50 years of its existence to impose tariffs.
But yeah, the Kavanaugh dissent did sort of set forth a blueprint that Trump might want to pursue in terms of other statutes that do provide the opportunity for him potentially to implement tariffs.
But the
But the point I was making, and the majority makes this too, is that those other statutes don't give full discretion to implement and impose all the tariffs that he tried to impose under IEPA.
And he tried to impose tariffs against every single one of our trade partners under IEPA.
Those other statutes have limits.
They have prerequisites.
They have limits in duration, limits in amount.
So he may take action using those other statutes, but he will be limited.
This is a baseless and cruel and political attack on the most vulnerable in our society.