Lawsuit is to stop the 10 percent tariffs that Trump immediately imposed after US Supreme Court struck down previously imposed tariffs. A group of 24 states in the United States have sued US President Donald Trump’s administration in the first legal challenge to his newly imposed 10 percent global tariffs, alleging that the president cannot sidestep a recent US Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of his previous tariffs on imported goods by citing new legal authority. The Democratic-led states, including New York, California and Oregon, in the lawsuit on Thursday argue the new tariffs, which Trump announced immediately after the high court ruling on February 20, are also illegal. Trump has said the tariffs are essential to reduce America’s longstanding trade deficits. He imposed ...