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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WASHINGTON.- The U.S. Supreme Court held Wednesday the first session on the legality of some of Donald Trump's tariffs leading to the global trade war he launched since his return to the White House.The high court members, with a conservative majority, have in their hands the future of the Republican tycoon's trade agenda and the millions of dollars he plans to raise for the public coffers.The nine magistrates rule if the president's emergency p…
Supreme Court appears skeptical about Trump’s authority to impose tariffs without congressional approval
President Donald Trump has invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to levy a range of tariffs on virtually all U.S. trading partners. The path of today’s oral arguments suggested the high court justices may strike them down.
The U.S. President covers the world with punitive tariffs – but is he doing so legally clean? The U.S. Supreme Court has to decide, and conservative judges are also skeptical in the hearing.
5 takeaways from Trump’s tariffs at Supreme Court
Conservative and liberal Supreme Court justices alike seemed dubious of President Trump’s tariffs justified by declarations of national emergencies as they heard arguments in a legal challenge to the policy. The court will now begin drafting its opinion behind closed doors after a nearly three-hour hearing that provided a glimpse into the justices’ thinking. Here are five takeaways from Wednesday’s oral argument. Conservative majority split The…
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