Blistering Loss at Supreme Court for Trump - His Global Tariffs Ruled Unconstitutional

Blistering Loss at Supreme Court for Trump - His Global Tariffs Ruled Unconstitutional

The foundation of President Donald Trump’s economic policy — his global tariff program has been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Wall Street Journal reports, “The decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, removes a tool of diplomatic pressure that Trump has aggressively wielded to remake U.S. trade deals and collect tens of billions of dollars from companies importing foreign goods."

"It is the first time the high court has definitively struck down one of Trump’s second-term policies. In other areas, the court’s conservative majority has so far granted Trump broad latitude to deploy executive power in novel ways, but a majority of justices—three conservatives and three liberals—said he went too far in enacting his most sweeping tariffs without clear authorization from Congress," wrote the WSJ.

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The court’s 6-3 decision has significant implications for the U.S. economy, consumers and the president’s trade policy. The Trump administration had said that a loss at the Supreme Court could force the government to unwind trade deals with other countries and potentially pay hefty refunds to importers.

Trump even lost among his own Supreme Court appointees.

President Donald Trump appointed three conservative justices to the U.S. Supreme Court—Neil Gorsuch (2017), Brett Kavanaugh (2018), and Amy Coney Barrett (2020)—solidifying a 6-3 conservative majority. 

But Gorusch and Barrett voted to strike down Trump’s tariffs.