“The Supreme Court has flirted with a flurry of Trump administration matters in recent months, but the battle over the president’s sweeping global tariffs will put the justices directly on the spot over a centerpiece of his economic agenda,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“President Trump has been on an all-out blitz to expand executive power, including by declaring a series of emergencies on top of policy priorities that he says allow him to bypass normal procedures and take unilateral action. Citing national security, he upended global markets by declaring a trade emergency to impose 10% baseline tariffs on virtually all countries—and more on some nations. He also claimed an opioid trafficking emergency to direct additional tariffs to Canada, China and Mexico.”
“Across three different courts, 15 judges have weighed Trump’s tariff maneuvers—and 11 of them, appointed by presidents of both parties, have found he acted without legal support.”
