"President Donald Trump has launched an urgent appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking to safeguard much of the tariff regime he has negotiated about imports from key trade partners and warning their removal could trigger what his administration has termed an "economic catastrophe." Trump's demand, framed in both public statements and legal filings, comes amid mounting uncertainty over the future of his tariff authority, following rulings by federal courts that much of his actions were, in fact, as illegal as they appeared on their face to analysts and constitutional scholars."
"At the heart of the dispute is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which Trump leveraged to impose "Liberation Day" tariffs, including new levies on China, Mexico, and Canada earlier this year. While the administration argues these tariffs are necessary responses to extraordinary threats, such as the flow of fentanyl or persistent trade deficits, two federal courts have determined that Trump exceeded his lawful authority, reaffirming the power to levy tariffs remains a congressional prerogative and the emergency invoked by Trump when exercising IEEPA did not fit the situation he inherited as president."
"The president's lawyers warned the Federal Circuit's 7-4 ruling, which found the tariffs unlawful, jeopardizes both ongoing trade negotiations and framework deals that have already been negotiated. They pressed for an expedited review, proposing Supreme Court oral arguments by early November-a rare request, reflecting what he claimed are existential stakes for American industry."
President Trump sought emergency Supreme Court review to preserve a broad tariff regime imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The tariffs, described as "Liberation Day" levies on China, Mexico, and Canada, were justified by the administration as responses to threats such as fentanyl flows and persistent trade deficits. Two federal courts concluded that the president exceeded lawful authority, holding that tariff power remains a congressional prerogative and that the invoked emergency did not fit the circumstances. The administration warned of catastrophic economic consequences from unwinding the tariffs and requested expedited oral argument to protect negotiated trade frameworks.
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