Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Jan. 18 said he believes it’s unlikely the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the Trump administration’s tariffs under an emergency law.
“I believe that it is very unlikely that the Supreme Court will overrule a president’s signature economic policy,” the secretary said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to tariffs.
“They did not overrule Obamacare; I believe that the Supreme Court does not want to create chaos.”
The nation’s highest court is considering a case on whether the Trump administration illegally imposed a broad range of tariffs last year under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), after multiple lower courts ruled against the policy….
It’s ‘Very Unlikely’ Supreme Court Will Overturn Trump’s Tariffs, Bessent Says
