"The justices, in a 6-3 ruling authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, upheld a lower court's decision that the Republican president's use of this 1977 law exceeded his authority. Roberts, citing a prior Supreme Court ruling, wrote that the president must point to clear congressional authorization' to justify his extraordinary assertion of the power to impose tariffs, adding: He cannot."
"The Supreme Court reached its conclusion in a legal challenge by businesses affected by the tariffs and 12 US states, most of them Democratic-governed, against Trump's unprecedented use of this law to unilaterally impose the import taxes. It is the first major piece of Trump's broad agenda to come squarely before the nation's highest court, which he helped shape with the appointments of three conservative jurists in his first term."
The Supreme Court invalidated President Trump's unilateral use of a 1977 law to impose broad tariffs, finding the action exceeded executive authority. The justices ruled 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing that the president must show clear congressional authorization to exercise such power and that he could not do so here. The decision arose from legal challenges by affected businesses and 12 US states. The majority emphasized that the Constitution vests taxing power, including tariffs, in Congress and that the Framers did not grant taxing authority to the Executive. Three conservative justices dissented.
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