Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to dismiss AIIS challenge to Section 232 tariffs

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The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to reject a legal challenge to the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum filed by the American In- stitute for International Steel (AIIS), arguing that the court previously decided the matter and there is no need to revisit its decision, according to a brief filed on behalf of the White House. Lawyers representing US President Donald Trump’s administration argue the court rejected a similar challenge to Section 232 in 1976 in the Federal Energy Administration v. Algonquin case, according to the filing made public Tuesday. In the Algonquin case, the court held that “Section 232 sets forth an intelligible principle to guide the President’s adjustment of imports and therefore is constitutional,” the brief states. “Algonquin was correctly decided, and it is consistent with this Court’s more recent nondelegation precedents.”