Jeffrey M. Schwab
Role at the time: Liberty Justice Center litigation director and counsel for the tariff challenger
Condemned
Statement summary
Schwab criticizes using Section 338 to bypass the procedures Congress provided in Section 301.
“The administration cannot skip those protections by reaching for a 1930 statute that no president had ever used to impose a tariff”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Liberty Justice Center announces its Section 338 tariff lawsuitNamed statements in the release
Liberty Justice Center represents Gellert Global Group in the tariff challenge. The release includes named comments from Sara Albrecht, Jeffrey Schwab and Thomas Gellert. It is dated October 20, 2026; no publication time is given.
Why we used this label
Relative to imposing the Section 338 tariffs, Schwab argues that the administration is bypassing the safeguards Congress set in Section 301.