politics
February 20, 2026
Trump illegally used executive power to impose global tariffs, supreme court rules
US president vows to enact 10% global baseline tariff after calling the supreme court justices ‘a disgrace to the nation’
TL;DR
- The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a 1977 law did not justify most of Trump's tariffs.
- The court affirmed that the power to levy tariffs belongs solely to Congress, not the executive branch.
- Trump announced a new 10% global baseline tariff under the Trade Act of 1974.
- The ruling may lead to questions about issuing refunds for billions of dollars collected from tariffs.
- Economists have warned that tariffs risk raising prices for American consumers.
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