The Supreme Court seemed divided on Nov. 5 over whether to salvage a large portion of President Donald Trump’s tariffs in the face of challenges to their legality.
During oral argument lasting more than 2.5 hours, many of the justices asked questions indicating they thought the Trump administration was reading too much into an emergency powers law passed by Congress and that the president was potentially breaching the nation’s separation of powers.
Questions from some of the justices, however, indicated that Congress intended to give presidents broad authority in the face of emergencies.
So far, multiple federal courts have ruled that Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, as well as some related to drug trafficking, exceeded what Congress allowed under a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act….
Supreme Court Weighs Legality of Trump’s Tariffs
