(AURN News) — The National Black Farmers Association is calling the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling striking down Trump-era tariffs a lifesaving victory for American agriculture.
“This was a hard no to the president that his tariffs were illegal. The hardships and how bad the tariffs made things for farmers — farm foreclosures were up, farm suicides were up, farm bankruptcies,” said John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association.
He said the courts got it right. The Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act exceeded presidential authority. Boyd called the decision a rejection of policies he said inflicted a man-made disaster on farmers operating on razor-thin margins.
Boyd argues the policies bypass Congress, hammering small, Black, Native American and family farmers by driving up equipment costs and collapsing export markets. He is now urging Congress to act immediately to stabilize farm markets and provide relief to communities hit hardest.
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