Jeffrey M. Schwab is senior counsel and director of litigation at the Liberty Justice Center. His practice focuses on constitutional rights, including free speech, economic liberty and property rights. He joined the center in 2014 and holds a business management degree from Grove City College and a law degree from the University of Michigan.
DI has documented statements by Jeffrey M. Schwab on Canada, Trade Policy, and U.S. Politics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Liberty Justice Center senior counsel and director of litigation
Condemned
Statement summary
Schwab argues that Section 301 does not authorize a predetermined global tariff program without country-specific findings and a remedy tied to the foreign practice.
“Section 301 is a targeted, country-specific and practice-specific remedial authority. It is not a freestanding authorization to tax substantially all imports from substantially all countries at preestablished rates.”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Liberty Justice Center Challenges Section 301 Tariffs · Liberty Justice CenterJuly 24, 2026 announcement, individually attributed statements by Ethan Frisch, Asher Rapkin and Jeffrey Schwab.
Why we used this label
Relative to the tariffs, Schwab argues that they exceed the authority Congress granted. This criticizes the policy itself, not merely its name.
Gellert Global Group challenges Trump's Section 338 tariffs on Canadian goods. The administration calls the duties a response to discrimination. The importer argues that later trade laws and Section 338's own limits make them unlawful.
Businesses and 25 states say Trump's 10% and 12.5% Section 301 tariffs on 60 economies are a pretext to revive struck-down global tariffs. The administration says they lawfully answer forced-labor import failures. As of September 30, 2026, no court has ruled.
