"In a 6-3 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts, who penned the majority opinion, explained that the court disagreed with the Trump administration's view that the executive branch could impose tariffs at will, without congressional approval, by determining they were warranted through so-called "national emergencies." However, the main law that the administration cited in its defense of the tariffs, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), does not include the word "tariff" in it, let alone confer the power for presidents to issue tariffs or other taxes unilaterally."
""The President asserts the independent power to impose tariffs on imports from any country, of any product, at any rate, for any amount of time," Roberts wrote. But the wording of IEEPA "cannot bear such weight.""
""When Congress has delegated its tariff powers, it has done so in explicit terms, and subject to strict limits," Roberts wrote in the opinion."
The United States Supreme Court held that most tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on nearly every country were illegally enacted and unenforceable. The decision upheld a lower court finding that the tariffs violated the Constitution. The court issued a 6-3 ruling in which Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the executive branch cannot unilaterally impose tariffs by declaring national emergencies. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not mention tariffs or grant presidents authority to levy taxes, duties, imposts, or excises. The court emphasized that tariff powers reside with Congress and are delegated only explicitly and with strict limits.
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