"The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump's sweeping worldwide tariffs are illegal and cannot stand without the approval of Congress. The 6-3 decision deals Trump his most significant defeat at the Supreme Court. Last year, the justices issued temporary orders to block several of his initiatives, but Friday's ruling is the first to hold that the president overstepped his legal authority."
"And until now no President has read the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to confer such power. We claim no special competence in matters of economics or foreign affairs. We claim only, as we must, the limited role assigned to us by Article III of the Constitution. Fulfilling that role, we hold that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs,"
The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision that President Trump's worldwide tariffs are illegal without congressional approval. The ruling is the first to hold that a president exceeded legal authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs. Chief Justice Roberts wrote that the asserted unilateral tariff power requires clear congressional authorization given its breadth, history, and constitutional context, and concluded IEEPA does not authorize such tariffs. Justice Gorsuch emphasized that lawmaking powers belong to Congress. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh dissented. The decision follows prior temporary orders that blocked several tariff initiatives.
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