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The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, dealing a sharp blow to the centerpiece of his economic agenda and setting firm limits on how far presidents can go in using emergency powers to reshape global trade.
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In a 6-to-3 decision that cut across ideological lines, the Justices ruled that Trump lacked the authority to impose sweeping import taxes by claiming a national emergency. The ruling immediately invalidates a broad set of tariffs that Trump imposed last year on nearly all imports, including so-called reciprocal duties on dozens of countries and additional levies tied to the fentanyl crisis.
The ruling was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, who was joined by the court’s three liberal justices and two Trump-appointed Justices, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. It’s a rare rebuke of Trump’s power from the nation’s highest court whose 6-3 conservative majority he helped shape.
At a press conference on Friday afternoon, Trump vowed to reimpose portions of the tariffs through other legal authorities and predicted being in court for the next “five years” because the ruling didn’t specify whether the tariffs must be paid back or how.
“The Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs is deeply disappointing, and I’m ashamed of certain members of the court, absolutely ashamed for not having the courage to do what’s right for our country,” Trump said from the White House briefing room.
He also announced that he would sign an order imposing a 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act, which would apply “over and above our normal tariffs already being charged,” while existing national security tariffs imposed under separate authorities, including Sections 232 and 301, would remain in place. The sections of law Trump cited are far more restrictive than the one that the Supreme Court just forbade him from using. The new levies can only be implemented for up to 150…
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