Fresh off oral arguments before a full panel of largely skeptical appellate judges, the DOJ has filed a supplemental authority letter darkly warning that a stay is needed to avoid another Great Depression should the court ultimately decide that President Donald Trump's unilaterally imposed emergency tariffs were unlawful.

The letter, submitted Monday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by former Trump attorney and current U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, contends that the imposition of tariffs revived a "dead country" and that the judiciary would plunge America into "1929-style" crisis if it reverses the president's agenda, even as critics have warned that the tariffs themselves are what are reminiscent of the Great Depression.

Also a signatory to the letter was Ass

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