US EditionSupreme Court weighing Trump tariffs in a trillion-dollar test of executive power
- On Wednesday, November 5 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, challenging President Donald Trump's use of the Emergency Powers Act of 1977 to impose tariffs, a case with potential to set significant legal precedent.
- Invoking IEEPA, the administration pursued tariffs without congressional approval, and President Donald Trump declared April 2 `Liberation Day` enacting broad import duties from Canada to China.
- A brief signed by over 10 American economists argues trade deficits are not 'unusual and extraordinary' and warns tariffs will have a 'massive impact' across the U.S.
- Three lower courts have ruled against the emergency-tariff actions, and Trump officials say they would reimpose tariffs if the Supreme Court overturns them; the Supreme Court expedited schedule suggests a swift ruling.
- The 'major questions' doctrine, central to the case, may limit or expand future presidential emergency authority, with challengers citing writings by Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, and the Supreme Court composition influencing the decision.
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Trump's tariff tool faces tough questions from U.S. Supreme Court justices
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's key tool for deploying tariffs faced tough questions from the conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as justices considered a decision that could upend the president's plans to rapidly realign global trade.
This Wednesday a hearing has taken place in which the Trump Administration has expressed its arguments of national emergency to resort to a legal mechanism that skips the Legislative, against what the magistrates have been skeptical of
The Supreme Court is evaluating Trump's sweeping tariffs and their legal limits under the emergency powers law.
Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
While the questions at times seemed to challenge the rationale for the tariffs, the arguments are still ongoing, and further questioning could shed additional light on their positions.
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