The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that some of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs are not allowed under the emergency powers law that the administration had been using to enact them. Trump called it a "disgrace."
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the 6-3 majority that Trump’s tariffs were not covered in the language of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act passed by Congress in 1977. Trump had invoked that law to impose a series of important tariffs, including reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries, as well as drug-trafficking tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China.
