The US Supreme Court will issue rulings, including on the legality of Trump’s global tariffs, a major test of presidential power and trade policy.
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court is expected to issue one or more rulings on Wednesday in cases already argued before the justices.
Major legal disputes remain pending, including litigation testing the legality of former President Donald Trump’s global tariffs.
The court will release rulings at about 10 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) but does not announce ahead of time which rulings it intends to issue.
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It issued one ruling last Friday but did not act in the tariffs case, which was argued on November 5.
The challenge to Trump’s tariffs marks a major test of presidential powers and of the court’s willingness to check some of the Republican president’s far-reaching assertions of authority since he returned to office in January 2025.
The outcome will impact the global economy.
During arguments in the case, conservative and liberal justices appeared to cast doubt on the legality of the tariffs.
Trump imposed the tariffs by invoking a 1977 law meant for use during national emergencies.
His administration is appealing rulings by lower courts that he overstepped his authority.
Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs on goods imported from individual countries.
The tariffs affected nearly every foreign trading partner to address what he called a national emergency related to US trade deficits.
He invoked the same law to impose tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, citing the trafficking of fentanyl and illicit drugs into the United States as a national emergency.
The challenges to the tariffs in the cases before the Supreme Court were brought by businesses affected by the tariffs and 12 US states, most of them Democratic-governed.
Other cases awaiting rulings include disputes concerning voting rights, religious rights, Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission member, LGBT “conversion therapy” and campaign finance limits. – Reuters
