Trump tariffs appear destined for Supreme Court showdown – Washington Examiner
The article discusses the ongoing legal challenges to President Donald TrumpS tariffs, which may end up before the Supreme Court following a series of recent court rulings.Initially, the U.S. Court for International Trade deemed Trump’s extensive tariffs unconstitutional. However, just hours later, the U.S. Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily reinstated these tariffs while it considers the case further. The Justice Department indicated plans to seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court to prevent potential harm to national security and the economy. In a separate ruling,a U.S. District Court also blocked the tariffs for specific plaintiffs, but this decision was paused to allow for an appeal. The article suggests that due to the ongoing legal complexities and appeals, Trump’s tariff policies remain in effect for the time being, with the possibility of a Supreme Court decision forthcoming.
Trump tariffs appear destined for Supreme Court showdown
The fate of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs looks likely to end up before the Supreme Court after a dramatic 24 hours of rulings and appeals in multiple courts.
On Wednesday evening, the U.S. Court for International Trade ruled Trump‘s sweeping tariffs policy was unconstitutional, but less than a day later the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily reinstated the tariffs.
“The request for an immediate administrative stay is granted to the extent that the judgments and the permanent injunctions entered by the Court of International Trade in these cases are temporarily stayed until further notice while this court considers the motions papers,” the Thursday afternoon ruling from the appeals court said.
Hours before the Federal Circuit’s ruling, the Justice Department told the appeals court it would seek emergency relief from the Supreme Court as soon as Friday “to avoid the irreparable national security and economic harms at stake,” if the appeals court did not quickly pause the lower court’s order.
In a separate case challenging the tariffs, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia also blocked Trump’s sweeping tariff policy. The order, which only applied to the two plaintiffs, was immediately paused for 14 days, before it could take effect, to allow time for the Trump administration to appeal.
“In the five decades since IEEPA was enacted, no President until now has ever invoked the statute … to impose tariffs,” Judge Rudolph Contreras wrote in his 33-page opinion responding to a lawsuit from two small businesses in Illinois that sued the Trump administration.
“This case is not about tariffs qua tariffs,” he continued. “It is about whether IEEPA enables the President to unilaterally impose, revoke, pause, reinstate, and adjust tariffs to reorder the global economy.”
The Trump administration quickly filed a notice that it will appeal the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The next level for appeal in both cases would be the Supreme Court.
Because of the immediate stay imposed by the judge in the district court case and the pause in the other case imposed by the Federal Circuit appeals court, Trump’s sweeping tariff plan remains in place for now.
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With another case challenging Trump’s tariffs pending, which was recently transferred from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida to the U.S. Court for International Trade, one of the cases appears likely to be brought before the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court is already considering arguments in a consolidated challenge of Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, but tariffs could become the next executive action by Trump they have to decide the legality on.
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