US EditionWatching Tariffs Come Down
The Supreme Court limited presidential tariff powers, ruling Trump’s use of emergency economic authority unconstitutional, protecting congressional control over taxation, Katyal said.
- On Friday, February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down former President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs, with Neal Katyal, Indian‑origin lawyer and prominent appellate advocate, leading the successful argument.
- Small businesses, backed by the Liberty Justice Center, argued the Trump administration’s tariffs exceeded the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and were unjust, unconstitutional taxation.
- A veteran appellate advocate, Neal Katyal, a former Acting Solicitor General and Milbank LLP partner, has argued over 50 Supreme Court cases and teaches at Georgetown Law.
- Minutes after the ruling, Neal Katyal framed it as a reaffirmation of constitutional boundaries, with the U.S. Supreme Court emphasizing only Congress can impose taxes.
- Beyond trade policy, the ruling is seen as a significant curb on presidential authority, with Katyal describing it as a defining constitutional moment about the separation of powers.
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'Whoops': Lawyer who beat Trump in court uses admin's own argument to defeat new plan
The lawyer who successfully argued at the Supreme Court against Donald Trump's signature policy, leading to a massive blowup aimed at certain Justices, used the administration's own argument against the president's new plan to circumvent the legal smackdown.Neal Katyal argued against Trump's tariffs before the nation's highest court, which rejected the Trump policy plank in a devastating blow after hearing arguments several months ago. Trump the…
Meet Neal Katyal, Indian-origin lawyer at centre of US Supreme Court verdict against Trump tariffs
On Friday, the US Supreme Court might have given Donald Trump one of the biggest setbacks of his second term by striking down his tariffs. But at the heart of the blow to Trump was the arguments that made by an Indian-origin lawyer who has emerged as a significant figure in the landmark Supreme Court judgment that has left Trump angry. Yes, we are talking about Neal Katyal, a former Acting Solicitor General of the US and author, who represented …
'Presidents Are Powerful But...': Indian-Origin Lawyer On Trump's Tariff Blow
At the centre of the landmark US Supreme Court verdict striking down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs is an Indian-origin lawyer who argued before America's highest court about the illegality of the levies.
Part of the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump are illegal, and the Supreme Court's verdict shows that control of power is still functioning in the US.
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