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Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump's use of an emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs
NBC Newsยท2025-11-06 00:23

The Supreme Court is deciding one of the biggest issues on President Trump's policy agenda, his tariffs. The court is deciding whether President Trump had the authority to issue sweeping tariffs under an emergency law called AIPA, which stands for the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Based on the oral arguments, the justice did seem skeptical that President Trump has the power to do this.And while we don't know what the ruling is going to be yet, it looks like it's going to be an uphill battle f ...