While a majority of the Supreme Court held on Feb. 20 that President Donald Trump cannot impose tariffs using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that he might be able to do so using other laws.
“Although I firmly disagree with the court’s holding today, the decision might not substantially constrain a president’s ability to order tariffs going forward,” Kavanaugh wrote in a dissenting opinion that was joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.
“In essence, the court today concludes that the president checked the wrong statutory box by relying on IEEPA rather than another statute to impose these tariffs.”…
Kavanaugh Says Other Laws Enable Trump to Impose Tariffs
