SCOTUS rules Trump’s tariffs are illegal — but the fight is far from over
TL;DR
The US Supreme Court ruled that tariffs imposed by Donald Trump using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are illegal, as the law was not intended for such use. This decision challenges a key policy of his administration, but the broader tariff battle continues.
The US Supreme Court struck down some of Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign imports, which have become a hallmark of the chaos of the second Trump administration.
The court's ruling deals specifically with duties levied using a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), something no other president has done - the 1977 law was initially created to limit presidential ability to declare a national emergency only to times when the threat came from outside the US. The legality of using the IEEPA to tariff imports has been in question since the taxes were announced last year; the IEEPA was used to try to justify steep tar …