Jonathan Masur on Tarriff Refunds

Letter from Pritzker campaign, Chicago-area company in SCOTUS tariffs case demand refunds

A letter shared by Governor JB Pritzker's campaign office Friday demanded a $8.6 billion refund for Illinois families after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday. [...] The SCOTUS ruling did not lay out plan for refunds. Constitutional law experts say the issue will likely be settled in lower courts and it may make a take a long time.

"There have been plenty of cases in the past where the Court has said that some action was unlawful or even unconstitutional, but for various reasons, for reasons of Reliance or settlement, people just don't get back the money that they've paid in those cases," University of Chicago Law School Professor [Jonathan] Masur said.

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