Supreme Court Weighs Legality of Trump’s Tariffs

The justices asked questions about how much power Trump had under an emergency powers law to impose tariffs.
Supreme Court Weighs Legality of Trump’s Tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 3, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
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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.

Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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