The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump cannot use emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs on foreign imports.
In a 5-4 vote, the justices found that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which Trump used to apply broad, across-the-board levies — including a 10% baseline rate and an extra 10% on China for its role in shipping fentanyl to the US — does not authorize the imposition of duties.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Amy Coney Barrett and liberal justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.