The Supreme Court on Feb. 20 ruled 6–3 that some of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs exceeded an emergency powers law passed by Congress.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, stating that Trump’s tariffs didn’t fit with the language of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Trump had invoked that law to impose a series of tariffs, including reciprocal rates on dozens of countries and drug trafficking levies on Mexico, Canada, and China.
