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Restrict tariffs that exacerbate inflation
Restrict tariffs that exacerbate inflation
Litigation

Litigation in Courts (Legal)

Support and coordinate legal challenges that limit tariff overreach and enforce clearer boundaries on emergency tariff powers.

Use strategic litigation to challenge tariff overreach and to force clearer limits on broad “emergency” or “national security” tariff powers. This lane seeks binding constraints and precedent that make it harder to justify economy-wide tariffs with thin rationale. It is slow and uncertain, so it should run in parallel with legislative guardrails and public pressure.

Why this works

  • A court win could invalidate some tariffs outright, forcing their removal.
  • It also sets precedent limiting future misuse.
  • Even the process of litigation raises awareness (courts asking tough questions about, say, tariffs on Canada for “national security” – which looks absurd and feeds public skepticism).

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

Tax-deductible
rocunited.org

Advancing wages and conditions for restaurant workers

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) is a nonprofit worker center founded after 9/11 in 2002 to support and advocate for restaurant workers nationwide. ROC United fights for fair wages (including eliminating the subminimum tipped wage), better working conditions, and basic benefits in the restaurant industry. It trains workers, engages in research (like reports on wage theft and discrimination), and leads campaigns for policy changes such as One Fair Wage.

Mechanism

How Restaurant Opportunities Centers United uses funding

About Litigation
  1. Screen potential cases for strong standing, venue, and downside risk.
  2. File suits seeking concrete remedies that narrow or invalidate overbroad tariffs.
  3. Build the record through evidence, briefs, motions, and expert support.
  4. Pursue interim relief when needed to prevent ongoing price and uncertainty impacts.
  5. Enforce and defend outcomes so court wins translate into durable limits.

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