Big Breaking: Donald Trump Gets Big Shock From Supreme Court
The court’s decision invalidates most of these levies and represents a significant legal rebuke of one of Trump’s central economic policies during his second term.;
It is already known that the President of United States, Donald Trump had been taking several monotonous decisions with regard to tariffs and related financial reforms. In this context, he has faced a significant setback from the United States Supreme Court.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6–3 that former President Donald Trump’s broad global tariffs imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act are illegal because he lacked clear congressional authorization to levy such sweeping duties.
The justices concluded that IEEPA does not empower a president to unilaterally impose sweeping import taxes on nearly all trading partners, rejecting the core argument of the Trump administration.
The tariffs targeted imported goods from major economies, including China, Mexico, and Canada, and included a base 10 % duty along with additional rates linked to trade imbalances or drug trafficking concerns.
The court’s decision invalidates most of these levies and represents a significant legal rebuke of one of Trump’s central economic policies during his second term.
The ruling halts ongoing revenue collection under the emergency statute and paves the way for possible refund claims by businesses and foreign exporters who paid the tariffs, although the exact mechanism and timeline for refunds remain uncertain.
Legal experts say the decision underscores constitutional limits on executive power in trade policy, reinforcing that Congress has the authority to set tariffs, not the president acting alone under emergency authority.