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UNITED STATES, AUG 1 – Appellate judges question President Trump's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs without Congress, highlighting legal limits and potential economic harm.
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Judges question Trump's authority to impose tariffs without Congress
Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over U.S. President Donald Trump's legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs, including the tariff on Canada that he just raised to 35 per cent.
May Trump impose duties at his own discretion? Judges in Washington seem to have doubts about this. The verdict could become a "milestone for the court."
Trump’s authority to impose tariffs questioned
WASHINGTON — Appellate court judges expressed broad skepticism Thursday over President Donald Trump’s legal rationale for his most expansive round of tariffs. Members of the 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington appeared unconvinced by the Trump administration’s insistence that the president could impose tariffs without congressional approval, and it hammered its invocation of the International Emergen…
'Well, that was painful': WSJ editorial mocks Trump's court bruising over tariffs
President Donald Trump's tariff policies were on the line in federal court Thursday, as a panel of appellate judges questioned whether the president even has authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act — and it didn't go well for him, the conservative Wall Street Journal editoria...
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