"What people have to keep in mind is that this sort of sounds like a revenue fight between the branches, but it goes to the core of the balance between the branches. I think what the Supreme Court was so concerned about is that we have a very strong executive [branch] in this country. It has gotten to be more and more powerful and the key ability of Congress to check and balance those powers is the power of the purse, the control of revenue."
"Turley said Trump's team did a terrific job and could not have argued the case better, but Chief Justice John Roberts and others viewed the emergency tariffs as a tax and under the authority of Congress. The night is hardly over for the administration, Turley warned, arguing there are still other statutes the president can use to impose tariffs. The latest decision, he added though, could have"
The Supreme Court ruled that sweeping emergency tariffs imposed by the president are illegal and treated them as a tax falling under congressional authority. The decision restricts the president's ability to rely on importation regulation for broad tariff programs and raises questions about use of existing statutes to impose tariffs. The ruling could affect economic policy and constrain foreign policy tools that depend on the threat of tariffs. The Court emphasized preservation of Congress's power of the purse to prevent an executive-driven slippery slope into revenue authority.
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