"Donald Trump declared last week on 60 Minutes that the legal dispute over his tariffs presents "the most important subject discussed by the Supreme Court in 100 years." (I'm more of a Brown v. Board of Education proponent, but personal preferences vary.) The president then posited on social media that the tariff case "is, literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country.""
"The liberals appeared to relish the chance to turn the "major questions" doctrine - which holds that, where Congress intends to give the president powers of "vast economic or political consequence," it must say so explicitly in a law (and hasn't here) - back on the conservatives who used it recently to strike down Democratic initiatives, including Joe Biden's student-loan-relief program."
Donald Trump declared the legal dispute over his tariffs "the most important subject discussed by the Supreme Court in 100 years" and called the case "literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country." Oral arguments lasted nearly three hours and featured questioning of Solicitor General John Sauer, former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal, and Oregon solicitor general Benjamin Gutman. The Court's three liberal justices - Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson - appeared united against the administration's position and signaled a willingness to strike down the tariffs. The major-questions doctrine requires clear congressional authorization for sweeping presidential powers and is being applied against the tariffs. The tariffs, as presently constructed, appear vulnerable.
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