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NEIn a major blow to US President Donald Trump, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that he overstepped his authority when imposing tariffs using a law that is reserved for a national emergency.
The SC ruling came as the justices were divided 6-3 over the matter. It ruled that Trump’s tariff war on products entering the country was not permitted under a 1977 law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
The ruling stated that Trump imposed those tariffs under a law which is used in national emergencies. The US Constitution gives the Congress, and not the president, the power to issue taxes and tariffs. However, Trump, according to the SC, exceeded his authority to use tariffs as a key economic and foreign policy tool.
Those who were against Trump’s tariffs were Chief Justice John Roberts, three liberal justices and two fellow conservatives, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Roberts, who authored the ruling, wrote, “The president asserts the extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited amount, duration and scope.” It added that “had Congress intended to convey the distinct and extraordinary power to impose tariffs” under IEEPA, “it would have done so expressly, as it consistently has in other tariff statutes.”
The court added, “We hold that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs.” Rather, it allows the president to “regulate importation” of foreign property transactions during a national emergency to deal with certain “unusual and extraordinary” threats.
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