President Trump’s agenda could be in jeopardy as the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of his sweeping tariffs. Tariffs have played a central role in the president’s economic and foreign policy agenda during his second term. And he describes his tariff case as one of the most important in American history. Last week, the Supreme […]
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Trump’s use of tariffs in the hands of the Supreme Court
President Trump’s agenda could be in jeopardy as the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of his sweeping tariffs. Tariffs have played a central role in the president’s economic and foreign policy agenda during his second term. And he describes his tariff case as one of the most important in American history. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about the president’s use of an emergency law to impose import taxes. During the two-and-a-half hour session, conservative justices asked some tough questions about the legality of Donald Trump’s unilateral tariff authority.