Gov. Wes Moore, along with the state’s top fiscal leaders, demanded President Donald Trump pay back every Maryland household $1,744, after the Supreme Court struck down the Republican president’s sweeping import tariffs.

The governor, Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Treasurer Dereck E. Davis, all Democrats, sent a letter to the president Friday and embedded an invoice. The estimated $4 billion lost to Maryland’s 2.4 million households comes from a nationwide analysis by Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.

The Trump administration’s tariffs have “raised taxes on us all,” Moore said in a statement.

“This $4 billion represents real money taken away from Maryland families — now the Trump Administration needs to do what’s right and pay Marylanders back,” he said.

The high court ruled 6-3 that the president did not have the power to unilaterally impose tariffs. Maryland’s letter follows similar demands made by Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Gavin Newsom of California.

It’s uncertain whether the Trump administration will pay up, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Supreme Court left the question about how to handle refunds to a lower court.

And, because tariffs were paid by importers, residents may not get a refund at all.

The president blasted the high court’s ruling on social media, calling the decision “ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American.” He issued another round of global 10% tariffs Tuesday. Revenue from import taxes is central to Trump’s budget plans.

Maryland leaders argued the tariffs have taken a significant financial toll on the state, kicking off a chain reaction of cost hikes. Maryland companies purchasing imports paid high costs first. Those added expenditures were “passed along to consumers, raising prices for working families already confronting a difficult cost of living,” the letter said.

Earlier Thursday, Lierman announced she’d joined a coalition of 15 state fiscal officers asking the Trump administration to reimburse taxpayers, businesses and industries for costs related to unconstitutional tariffs. The group also asked for restitution to states for “demonstrable financial losses.”

“We depend on stable, lawful federal policy to build responsible budgets and protect taxpayers,” Lierman said in a statement.

Sharp spikes and expanded tariffs such as the those imposed by the Trump administration can disrupt state economies, depending on how much they rely on global imports. Imports made up 7.9% of Maryland’s economy in 2024, according to an analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts.