A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy

An airplane flies over the container ship Alexandra at the Port Newark Container Terminal on April 18 in Newark, N.J.

A dozen states have sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade to stop its tariff policy, challenging Trump's claim that he could arbitrarily impose tariffs based on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

(Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)