Learning Resources is suing the administration, claiming the president’s tariffs are illegal – and millions of dollars are on the line
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he conveyors whir in the massive warehouse, boxes gliding at fast clip, filling up with toys ready to be shipped out for holiday gifts across the country. They make their way to shipping trucks, nearly full with hundreds of boxes by the afternoon of a recent Thursday.
The 364,000 sq ft warehouse in the suburbs outside Chicago is just one of Learning Resources’ investments in the US. The company and its affiliated brands employ more than 500 people. They make about 2,000 different products, mostly educational toys such as children’s binoculars, cash registers and learning games.
And they’re suing the Trump administration in one of the biggest legal challenges the president faces to date: the company says that the tariffs he unilaterally imposed, citing authority in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), are illegal.
