Tariffs ruling is major blow to Trump's second-term agenda

The Supreme Court has weakened Trump's hand in dealing with other nations, writes Anthony Zurcher.

The Supreme Court’s Declaration of Independence

The court’s rejection of President Trump’s tariffs program is the latest in a series of clashes between him and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

By Adam Liptak

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs - The Wall Street Journal

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs  The Wall Street Journal

The Supreme Court has delivered an overdue rebuke to Donald Trump on tariffs

It turns out that even conservative justices will only accept so many assaults on legal and constitutional norms

What the Supreme Court throwing out Trump’s tariffs means for you

The decision may not lead to immediate price drops for consumers, despite the potential for refunds and changes to trade policies.

By Rachel Lerman

Democrats revel in supreme court decision curbing Trump’s tariff spree

Schumer says ‘overreach failed’ after court rules president cannot bypass Congress’s power to tax US politics – follow live Democratic lawmakers are rejoicing after the supreme court ruled that Donald Trump overstepped his authority by imposing steep tariffs on global imports, toppling one of the president’s most aggressive assertions of executive power. The 6-3 ruling found that a 1977 emergency powers law did not provide legal justification for most of the administration’s sweeping tariffs, a ruling the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, framed as a win for “American consumers” and an example of how Trump’s “overreach failed”. Continue reading...

By Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Trump's tariffs were 'last straw' for this business owner's now-shuttered store

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Bergman, who says she had to close her family's toy store business of 44 years in July 2025 due to President Trump's tariffs.

By Michel Martin

‘Tariffs suck’: Some Republicans privately celebrate as Supreme Court blocks Trump policy

Some Republicans quietly celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision blocking most of President Trump’s tariffs, calling it a win for Congress’ authority.

Trump tariffs live: US Supreme Court rules against sweeping global tariffs

Supreme Court says Trump did not have authority to enact tariffs under law meant for national emergencies.

Watch: Trump to speak after Supreme Court strikes down tariffs

The Supreme Court ruling is a major blow to Trump, whose economic and foreign policies leaned on his asserted power to unilaterally slap tariffs on any country.

US Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs. Now what?

In a much-anticipated decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that most of the president's tariffs are unconstitutional because of how he implemented them. But the administration is prepared to reinstate them.

US Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs

Kethevane Gorjestani has more.

By FRANCE24

Will the U.S. give tariff refunds after the Supreme Court decision? What we know so far.

The Supreme Court’s decision striking down most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs left at least one big question unanswered: What about refunds?

By Robert Schroeder

US Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump’s tariffs

The court’s 6-3 ruling, a rare blow to the president from its conservative majority, leaves Washington’s economic policy up in the air

By Jesús-Sérvulo González Moreno

Why SCOTUS' rejection of Biden's student-loan forgiveness plays a big role in its Trump tariff decision

The Supreme Court's decision overturning President Donald Trump's tariffs partly relies on its earlier ruling that struck down broad student-loan forgiveness. Al Drago/Bloomberg The Supreme Court overturned most of Trump's tariffs. The justices cited the court's 2023 decision that struck down Biden's broad student-loan forgiveness. They said that both broad student-debt relief and Trump's sweeping tariffs were beyond the scope of the law. What do broad student-loan forgiveness and tariffs have in common? More than you might think, according to the nation's highest court. On Friday, the Supreme Court struck down most of President Donald Trump's tariffs, ruling that he lacked the authority to enact his expansive tariff policies under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. While IEEPA allows the president to regulate economic activity during emergencies, the Supreme Court said that Trump's tariffs went beyond the law's threshold. If that argument sounds familiar, it's because it's the same one the Supreme Court made in 2023 when it struck down former President Joe Biden's broad student-loan forgiveness plan. As Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in his concurring opinion on Friday, the court requires "clear congressional authorization" to carry out broad economic policies like student-loan forgiveness or tariffs. Chief Justice John Roberts echoed that in his tariff opinion, writing that in Biden v. Nebraska, the student-debt ruling, the court "declined to read authorization to 'waive or modify' statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs as a delegation of power to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt." Roberts referred to the major questions doctrine, which requires federal agencies to have clear, congressional authorization — not ambiguous legal language — before enacting broad economic policies. He said that while Trump's administration said that the doctrine should not apply in the tariff case, that "argument is nearly identical to one it already advanced" in the student-debt case. "There, the Government contended that a different emergency statute should be interpreted broadly because its 'whole point' was to provide 'substantial discretion to . . . respond to unforeseen emergencies,'" Roberts wrote. "We rejected that argument in Nebraska, and we reject it here as well." Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan would have canceled up to $20,000 in debt for federal borrowers. Biden's administration was using the HEROES Act of 2003 to attempt to enact the relief, which gave the education secretary the ability to waive or modify student-loan balances in connection with a national emergency, like the pandemic. Just as it did in the tariff decision, the Supreme Court ruled at the time that the relief went beyond the law. Trump has not yet commented on the Supreme Court's ruling, and it does not affect the tariffs the president has imposed under laws other than IEEPA. Read the original article on Business Insider

John Roberts’ Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging

US Supreme Court ruling: Trump's tariffs that remain unaffected

By TOI BUSINESS DESK

US Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs, clouding Korea trade deal

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” imposed on nearly all trading partners, including South Korea, were unlawful, injecting fresh uncertainty into global trade and existing agreements tied to the duties. In a 6-3 decision, the high court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which Trump used to justify the tariffs, does not grant the president authority to impose such measures, upholding earlier decisions by lower co

By The Korea Herald

Trump tariffs struck down—now comes the refund question

Tajani says doesn't think there will be any major changes on tariffs

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 20 - Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Friday he didn't think there would be any major changes on tariffs after the United States Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs were illegal. "It's always good news when tariffs are removed, but I don't think there will be any major changes," said Tajani,. who is also deputy premier, to journalists in Forlì who were asking for a comment on the US Supreme Court's rejection of the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. "There are temporary measures that the Americans can adopt, and they were already expecting this decision, so I don't think there will be any major changes. I don't think there will be any significant impact on our exports," he added. (ANSA). Read article...

By ANSA

Trump calls Supreme Court tariff ruling a disgrace, say sources - The Daily Star

Trump calls Supreme Court tariff ruling a disgrace, say sources  The Daily Star

Trump’s Global Tariffs Struck Down by US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.

By Greg Stohr