Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs: Live Updates
The Supreme Court invalidated the tariffs, ruling that President Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to impose duties on imports. The decision marks a major restriction on executive power to unilaterally set sweeping tariffs for economic leverage.
In a 5-4 or similar decision (exact vote not specified here), justices stated that the act does not authorize broad tariff authority for national emergencies or economic policies beyond targeted actions, limiting the administration’s ability to deploy broad import duties.
The ruling curtails the administration’s ability to pursue a sweeping tariff agenda and signals potential adjustments to ongoing trade policy and related economic strategies going forward.