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Here’s why Trump may not have the authority to impose tariffs in the Supreme Court case.
Yahoo Finance· 2025-09-05 14:01
The Supreme Court ordinarily wouldn't even hear this case because the Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals have both reached the same conclusion, which is that Trump doesn't have the authority. No president has the authority under the 1977 International Economic Power Emergency Act. The cut and dry answer is that the Supreme Court is likely to find on the legal question that the president doesn't have the authority to impose these tariffs.Moreover, they've also decided in the last couple of ...
Why the Supreme Court may not side with Trump over tariffs
Yahoo Finance· 2025-09-04 20:37
President Trump asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on whether he can use the Emergency Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs after an appeals court upheld an earlier rul ruling that found it unconstitutional. For more on the future of trade policy, I want to bring in Ben Worskoff, Yahoo Finance Washington correspondent and Henrietta Trey. She is a Veta Met partners, Veta Partners managing director or managing partner and director of economic policy.So Ben, let's start with you. What is at stake with this d ...