Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs was illegal, asserting that tariff authority rests with Congress. Trump responded by vowing to reimpose tariffs under alternative legal authorit
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