"The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will examine whether President Trump acted lawfully when he used emergency powers to apply sweeping tariffs to a broad range of countries, a centerpiece of his economic agenda. Earlier this year, a federal trade court and a federal appeals court found that some of Trump's tariffs violated the law. The White House appealed to the Supreme Court, and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal."
"This case is about tariffs imposed using emergency powers under a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. That law gives the president a range of economic powers, including over imports and exports, "to deal with any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, if the President declares a national emergency with respect to such threat.""
The Supreme Court agreed to review an appeal over whether President Trump lawfully used emergency powers to impose broad tariffs and will hear arguments in the first week of November. Lower federal trade and appeals courts previously found some of the tariffs unlawful and the White House appealed. The case centers on tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which grants the president economic authority to address foreign-sourced threats after declaring a national emergency. Trump announced the tariffs in April and via social media letters, many of which took effect last month. The case includes tariffs tied to fentanyl trafficking on Canada, China, and Mexico and excludes sector-specific Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs.
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