{"id":7127,"date":"2025-11-05T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/05\/live-updates-supreme-court-questions-trump-administration-on-legality-of-tariffs-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:35:36","slug":"live-updates-supreme-court-questions-trump-administration-on-legality-of-tariffs-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/05\/live-updates-supreme-court-questions-trump-administration-on-legality-of-tariffs-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Supreme Court questions Trump administration on legality of tariffs &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><bsp-youtube-player data-video-player data-player-id=\"f5b75110d9dee4e9cb10a3c245204ef05\" data-video-id=\"eLtdV1Chkuw\" data-video-title=\"Supreme Court LIVE: Hearing on Trump\u2019s tariffs\">      <iframe id=\"YouTubeVideoPlayer-f5b75110d9dee4e9cb10a3c245204ef05\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eLtdV1Chkuw?enablejsapi=1\"><\/iframe> <\/bsp-youtube-player> <\/p>\n<div>                 <bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\">                     <\/p>\n<p>Listen live as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act allowed the Trump administration to impose broad tariffs without congressional approval.<\/p>\n<p>                 <\/bsp-read-more>                              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"blogBody\">\n<p>The<span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-supreme-court\"> <u>U.S. Supreme Court<\/u><\/a><\/span> is hearing arguments over President Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping tariffs, putting a tool at the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-foreign-policy-21337d2c11e629da3f187cdeb381d58b\"><u>center of his economic and foreign policy agendas<\/u><\/a><\/span> squarely before the high court.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves the tariffs first announced in April on <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tariffs-stock-market-china-recession-deals-e8e54a68397e6829e1d27552a1d7bfb9\"><u>almost all U.S. trading partners<\/u><\/a><\/span> and the ones from February on imports from <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tariffs-trade-china-mexico-canada-inflation-753a09d56cd318f2eb1d2efe3c43b7d4\"><u>Canada, China and Mexico<\/u><\/a><\/span>. Trump justified these by declaring separate national emergencies under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, however, two lower courts and a federal appeals court ruled that the emergency law he invoked <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tariffs-court-ruling-trade-1c5a02ad38597c3629eff5977490813a\"><u>doesn\u2019t give him unlimited power to set tariffs<\/u><\/a><\/span>. The Constitution says tariff power belongs to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Now, arguments on whether the president\u2019s tariffs overstep federal law arrive before a conservative-led Supreme Court, which has thus far been reluctant to check Trump\u2019s wide-ranging use of executive powers.<\/p>\n<p>The case should be a \u201chot bench,\u201d with every justice posing multiple questions on an issue of extreme importance. But when the court will issue its decision is unclear. High-profile cases can take half a year, but the court can act quickly when deadline pressure dictates.<\/p>\n<div data-module data-gtm-region=\"What to know: What's happened so far? As arguments near the halfway mark, Roberts, Barrett and Gorsuch have posed questions suggesting that they may not accept the administration\u2019s arguments in favor of the tariffs. The three liberal justices also seem skeptical of the tariffs. But we haven\u2019t heard from the other side yet. What does Trump\u2019s administration argue? In its defense of the tariffs, the Justice Department has argued the law does give the president expansive tariff power during emergencies. The administration says they're different from Biden policies the court struck down because they're part of his approach to foreign affairs, an area where the courts should not second-guess the president. What\u2019s at stake? One big question is whether the justices\u2019 own expansive view of presidential authority allows for Trump\u2019s tariffs without the explicit approval of Congress. Another is whether Trump will be limited under the same exacting standards the court held former President Joe Biden to. Trump can impose tariffs under other laws, but those have more limitations on the speed and severity with which he could act.\" data-align-center>\n<p><b>What to know:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul id=\"rte-b4553332-b8fb-11f0-9109-2562cd5681fd\">\n<li><b>What\u2019s happened so far? <\/b>As arguments near the halfway mark, Roberts, Barrett and Gorsuch have posed questions suggesting that they may not accept the administration\u2019s arguments in favor of the tariffs. The three liberal justices also seem skeptical of the tariffs. But we haven\u2019t heard from the other side yet.<\/li>\n<li><b>What does Trump\u2019s administration argue? <\/b>In its defense of the tariffs, the Justice Department has argued the law does give the president expansive tariff power during emergencies. The administration says they\u2019re different from Biden policies the court struck down because they\u2019re part of his approach to foreign affairs, an area where the courts should not second-guess the president.<\/li>\n<li><b>What\u2019s at stake? <\/b>One big question is whether the justices\u2019 own expansive view of presidential authority allows for Trump\u2019s tariffs without the explicit approval of Congress. Another is whether Trump will be limited under the same exacting <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-tariffs-7c44eedbf32bec35fc638e9953db2aeb\"><u>standards the court held former President Joe Biden to<\/u><\/a><\/span>. Trump can impose tariffs under other laws, but those have more limitations on the speed and severity with which he could act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">                      <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Roberts now is poking at the challengers\u2019 arguments\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54dd-dd02-a79e-57df12d20000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762360422591\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54dd-dd02-a79e-57df12d20000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Roberts now is poking at the challengers\u2019 arguments         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The chief justice invokes the president\u2019s broad authority over foreign affairs and, alluding to deals struck by Trump. <\/p>\n<p>He notes that the tariffs \u201cwere quite effective in achieving objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"The lawyer representing companies challenging the tariffs is up\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54d9-df32-a5bb-5edb71eb0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762360362912\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54d9-df32-a5bb-5edb71eb0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             The lawyer representing companies challenging the tariffs is up         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-2a0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - Attorney Neal Katyal speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court heard arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8923df3\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8044x5363+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F40%2F9b%2F5ffcf4004717a910b956b5f8653a%2Fap22341708369884.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Attorney Neal Katyal speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court heard arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Attorney Neal Katyal speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court heard arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Attorney Neal Katyal, in response to a question from Thomas, distinguishes between embargos, allowed by the law, and tariffs, which he says are not. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmbargos stop the shipment, tariffs start the tax bill,\u201d Katyal said.<\/p>\n<p>He was solicitor general in the Obama administration, on an acting basis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Legal observers weigh in on the arguments so far\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54d3-dd02-a79e-57d797630000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762360124627\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54d3-dd02-a79e-57d797630000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Legal observers weigh in on the arguments so far         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cOne key takeaway is the concern that Congress can\u2019t pull back the authority because it would require a veto-proof supermajority,\u201d said Ryan Majerus, a partner at the law firm King &#038; Spalding who was a trade official in the first Trump administration and the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div data-align-fullwidth>                                   <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                                              <picture data-crop=\"nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1050\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1050\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1023\" height=\"746\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"1023\" height=\"746\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"559\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"559\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"437\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"437\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press, prior to the release of her new book, \"Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution\" in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/194fefc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3950x2881+0+0\/resize\/599x437!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F9a%2F77%2Fc01ed3ca4b82b486468e1ba38f2a%2Fap25246709827573.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div>\n<p><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>FILE &#8211; Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>  <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                                              <picture data-crop=\"nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch walks into an auditorium to join a conversation at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/86a0904\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb3%2F83%2F0de1c71d43389ca9866c7a3b5a8f%2Fap24222117581870.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div>\n<p><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>FILE &#8211; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch walks into an auditorium to join a conversation at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch walks into an auditorium to join a conversation at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                               <\/div>\n<p>He also said Gorsuch and Barrett seem to be the swing votes.<\/p>\n<p>Stratos Pahis, who teaches trade law at the Brooklyn Law School, agreed. \u201cLots of skepticism so far from Justices Roberts, Gorsuch, and Barrett.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"It\u2019s nearly halftime\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54d1-dc25-adda-fcf700d30000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762359741807\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54d1-dc25-adda-fcf700d30000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             It\u2019s nearly halftime         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>You can\u2019t predict the final score when the game is only half over, but so far Roberts, Barrett and Gorsuch have posed questions suggesting that they may not accept the administration\u2019s arguments in favor of the tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>The three liberal justices also seem skeptical of the tariffs. But again, we haven\u2019t heard from the other side yet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Justices ask where the law gives Trump the power to tariff\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54cf-dfd9-a79e-7eefab720000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762359572277\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54cf-dfd9-a79e-7eefab720000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Justices ask where the law gives Trump the power to tariff         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Getting to a key question in the case, Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked why the president\u2019s power under IEEPA to regulate imports included the power to impose tariffs when the law does not even mention tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>Sauer responded that tariffs are the \u201cnatural\u2019\u2019 and \u201cin many ways the quintessential way\u2019\u2019 to regulate imports.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Justice Gorsuch worries about giving limitless power to presidents\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54bd-d003-addb-debf3b630000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762358957879\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54bd-d003-addb-debf3b630000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Justice Gorsuch worries about giving limitless power to presidents         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, has questions about both major questions and nondelegation. He is asking Sauer to provide limits on the broadest reading of the administration\u2019s arguments in favor of tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Sauer agreed that another, very different president would have the authority to declare climate change an emergency and impose tariffs to deal with it.<\/p>\n<div data-align-fullwidth>                                   <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                                              <picture data-crop=\"nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - D. John Sauer, Special Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing in Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/2a7a92d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5358x3572+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F03%2F40%2F5941688c46d2a2510ee309ccad2e%2Fap23201615956063.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div>\n<p><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>FILE &#8211; D. John Sauer, Special Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing in Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; D. John Sauer, Special Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing in Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>  <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>                                              <picture data-crop=\"nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1023\" height=\"681\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"1023\" height=\"681\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for a portrait in his office at the Supreme Court, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Washington. Gorsuch is out with a new book in which he says ordinary Americans are \"getting whacked\" by too many laws and regulations. \"Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law\" is being published on Tuesday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/328e570\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4928x3280+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Ffb%2Fd4%2F121d44c848cca7a1e1011b3ac2e1%2Fap24216640366151.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div>\n<p><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>FILE &#8211; Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for a portrait in his office at the Supreme Court, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch poses for a portrait in his office at the Supreme Court, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"What is nondelegation?\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54bb-dd02-a79e-57ff04c20000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762358276753\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54bb-dd02-a79e-57ff04c20000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             What is nondelegation?         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Congress can delegate some of its powers to the executive branch, but there are limits. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the conservative justices want to reinvigorate a legal doctrine that was last used in 1935. <\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-aa0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b2a382c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Ff3%2Fad%2F9c0d23bc41daa43d46ab999b3273%2Fap24222124205950.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Justice Neil Gorsuch voted in dissent in June to strike down a universal service fee on phone bills as an unconstitutional delegation of congressional power. The challenges hope to attract his vote on tariffs on the same basis. <\/p>\n<p>Gorsuch has mostly worried about Congress giving away too much of its power to federal agencies. It\u2019s unclear whether he\u2019ll have the same reservation with the president involved.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"What is IEEPA?\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54ba-d003-addb-debe67c80000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762358131229\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54ba-d003-addb-debe67c80000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             What is IEEPA?         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The acronym IEEPA stands for the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which is the 1977 law at the center of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Presidents have used it dozens of times over the years, often to impose sanctions on other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is the first president to use it to impose tariffs. The challengers say that\u2019s unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"What is the major questions doctrine?\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54af-d001-abdb-7faf60fc0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762358090781\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54af-d001-abdb-7faf60fc0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             What is the major questions doctrine?         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-d00000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, July 18, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire loan forgiveness program. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d3a3127\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5b%2F2d%2F0c45a62946cfa09e4de8ef83263b%2Fap24200707758689.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci, File)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Conservative majorities blocked President Joe Biden\u2019s $500 billion student loan forgiveness plan and other of his administration\u2019s initiatives by ruling that Congress must speak clearly on questions of \u201cvast economic and political significance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The court ruled that the statutes relied upon in those cases did not clearly give the administration the power to act.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Roberts says \u2018major questions\u2019 might directly apply to this case\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-54a8-dc0f-ab9b-f5ebdedd0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762357368842\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-54a8-dc0f-ab9b-f5ebdedd0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Roberts says \u2018major questions\u2019 might directly apply to this case         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The chief justice sounds skeptical that Trump can use the emergency powers law for tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts noted \u201cit has never been used before to justify tariffs.\u201d However, he may be asking about this as a way to let the Trump administration\u2019s lawyer offer a more expansive explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The tariffs would be in trouble if they don\u2019t have Roberts\u2019 vote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Does regulate = tariff?\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-549e-d003-addb-debeed0d0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762356941423\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-549e-d003-addb-debeed0d0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Does regulate = tariff?         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is drilling down to a key question in the case: Does the word \u201cregulate\u201d allow tariffs?<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration argues that it does, and that\u2019s why they say he can impose and change tariffs during national emergencies.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-630000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks during an event at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/5a2f2e5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5881x3920+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb8%2F51%2F145e83d140079c4ebe55711f5dba%2Fap25262008455670.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks during an event at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks during an event at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Barrett grilled him on that point, questioning whether regulate has frequently been used to allow for tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>Barrett is a conservative who\u2019s gone her own way on some cases, and her vote will be key in the case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump\u2019s lawyer says tariffs\u2019 main purpose is to regulate commerce, not raise revenue\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-549b-dd02-a79e-57df24530000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762356167505\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-549b-dd02-a79e-57df24530000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump\u2019s lawyer says tariffs\u2019 main purpose is to regulate commerce, not raise revenue         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Sauer provoked an objection from Justice Sonia Sotomayor after arguing that Trump\u2019s tariffs were not designed to raise revenue for the federal government. <\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly boasted about how much money his import taxes are brining into the Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to say tariffs are not taxes, but they are,\u2019\u2019 Sotomayor said.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-280000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the New York Law School's Constitution and Citizen Day Summit, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/58df25b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2876x1917+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb2%2F73%2F9a1f2f7647109018489c334d09a6%2Fap25259487599062-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the New York Law School\u2019s Constitution and Citizen Day Summit, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at the New York Law School\u2019s Constitution and Citizen Day Summit, in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Roberts questions Sauer\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-5499-dd02-a79e-57df906f0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762356042553\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-5499-dd02-a79e-57df906f0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Roberts questions Sauer         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts jumped in fairly quickly, questioning Sauer about whether he\u2019s relying too much on an older decision on a different part of the emergency-powers law at the center of the case.<\/p>\n<p>The chief justice is always a key person to watch, but his take will be especially important in this case.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts was a law clerk at the time to the justice who wrote the 1981 opinion, William Rehnquist.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-c70000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b88540f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3608x2406+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F70%2F41%2Fc8dbd62e4cb890fb51bc0b06183c%2Fap25283852964276.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Thomas first asks about \u2018major questions\u2019\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-5490-dc25-adda-fcb6d4060000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762355472271\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-5490-dc25-adda-fcb6d4060000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Thomas first asks about \u2018major questions\u2019         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Conservative majorities blocked President Joe Biden\u2019s $500 billion student loan forgiveness plan and other of his administration\u2019s initiatives by ruling that Congress must speak clearly on questions of \u201cvast economic and political significance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear whether the justices will apply the same principle in the tariffs case, but lower courts did. <\/p>\n<p>Sauer says it doesn\u2019t apply to foreign affairs issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Settle in for a lengthy session\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50ba-dc25-adda-fcbee3f00000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762355366711\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50ba-dc25-adda-fcbee3f00000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Settle in for a lengthy session         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>It should be a \u201chot bench,\u201d with every justice posing multiple questions on an issue of extreme importance.<\/p>\n<p>The court has allotted 80 minutes for arguments, but they will almost certainly extend well into early afternoon. Since returning to the courtroom following the COVID-19 pandemic, the justices have routinely gone beyond the time set aside for arguments. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"The Justice Department will argue first\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-5489-d522-afde-7de9a9bd0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762355178461\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-5489-d522-afde-7de9a9bd0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             The Justice Department will argue first         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Arguments are getting underway. <\/p>\n<p>First up is Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump\u2019s top Supreme Court lawyer, arguing for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Justice Clarence Thomas goes first\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50bf-dc0f-ab9b-f5ff032a0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762354896395\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50bf-dc0f-ab9b-f5ff032a0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Justice Clarence Thomas goes first         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-6e0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas listens to President Donald Trump speak before swearing in Pam Bondi as Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/5f27fe1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe5%2F48%2Fed59e52d4e9991a76286f10f4f75%2Fap25036619311482.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas listens to President Donald Trump speak before swearing in Pam Bondi as Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas listens to President Donald Trump speak before swearing in Pam Bondi as Attorney General in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>In the post-pandemic era, the other justices allow the 77-year-old Thomas, the longest-serving member of the court, to pose a question or two before the free-for-all begins. <\/p>\n<p>In a second round of questioning, the justices ask questions in order of seniority. Chief Justice John Roberts, whose center chair makes him the most senior, gets the first crack. <\/p>\n<p>The process repeats for each lawyer\u2019s appearance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump won\u2019t be at the Supreme Court\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-547f-d2d9-adbf-5f7fb3df0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762354493327\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-547f-d2d9-adbf-5f7fb3df0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump won\u2019t be at the Supreme Court         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump has been vocal about the case and suggested at one point he might go to the arguments himself \u2014 something no other sitting president is recorded to have done.<\/p>\n<p>He said Sunday he decided against it, but Treasury Secretary <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-bessent-tariffs-trade-supreme-court-53952b451af79999c5f74d079b5c7652\">Scott Bessent<\/a><\/span> is expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about me, it\u2019s about our country,\u201d Trump told reporters Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"The justices could act more quickly than usual in issuing a decision\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-5476-dc0f-ab9b-f57fdd270000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762354244127\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-5476-dc0f-ab9b-f57fdd270000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             The justices could act more quickly than usual in issuing a decision         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The court only agreed to hear the case in September, scheduling arguments less than two months later. The quick turnaround, at least by Supreme Court standards, suggests that the court will try to act fast.<\/p>\n<p>High-profile cases can take half a year or more to resolve, often because the majority and dissenting opinions go through rounds of revision.<\/p>\n<p>But the court can act quickly when deadline pressure dictates. Most recently, the court ruled a week after hearing arguments in <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/supreme-court-tiktok-china-security-speech-166f7c794ee587d3385190f893e52777\">the TikTok case<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"The front of the court is covered in scaffolding\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-5478-df32-a5bb-5efbf5820000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762353902755\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-5478-df32-a5bb-5efbf5820000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             The front of the court is covered in scaffolding         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Workers are cleaning the building\u2019s ornate Vermont marble facade as well as installing new lighting and a system to deter birds.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-840000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Supreme Court building is photographed near sunset Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/e918ab1\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fad%2F61%2F29e01d234d2b9b7bca0178dcafc3%2Fap25308816658663.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>The Supreme Court building is photographed near sunset Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court building is photographed near sunset Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Tariff critics cross the political spectrum\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50d7-df32-a5bb-5ad75e7e0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762353801601\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50d7-df32-a5bb-5ad75e7e0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Tariff critics cross the political spectrum         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The challengers aren\u2019t the only ones urging the Supreme Court to rule against the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative-leaning groups like Cato Institute, the Chamber of Commerce and the Goldwater Institute have filed legal briefs urging the court to uphold the rulings against them.<\/p>\n<p>Former national security officials, federal judges and economists also weighed in against them, as have hundreds of small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The tariffs have found some support in the docket from groups like the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Three lawyers will present arguments to the court\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50bb-dd02-a79e-57ffa1290000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762353608521\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50bb-dd02-a79e-57ffa1290000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Three lawyers will present arguments to the court         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<div data-override-title=\"true\" data-hide-title=\"false\" data-align-center data-carousel-enhancement>                              <bsp-carousel data-module data-slidesratio=\"3x2\">                      <a id=\"gallery-920001\"><\/a>       <\/p>\n<div data-slidescount=\"2\">\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\">         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id=\"data-more-button-0\" data-less-id=\"data-less-button-0\" data-carousel-readmore-status=\"unstarted\">             <\/p>\n<p><span>1 of 2<span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>             <span><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; D. John Sauer, Special Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>     <\/div>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"1\">         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id=\"data-more-button-1\" data-less-id=\"data-less-button-1\" data-carousel-readmore-status=\"unstarted\">             <\/p>\n<p><span>2 of 2<span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>             <span><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Attorney Neal Katyal speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court heard arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>           <template data-bsp-carousel-overlay-template>          <bsp-carousel data-bsp-overlay-carousel>         <\/p>\n<div data-slidescount=\"2\">\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\">\n<div>         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id=\"data-more-button-0\" data-less-id=\"data-less-button-0\" data-carousel-readmore-status=\"unstarted\">             <\/p>\n<p><span>1 of 2<span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>             <span><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; D. John Sauer, Special Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>     <\/div>\n<div>                                 <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id=\"data-more-button-0\" data-less-id=\"data-less-button-0\">                                                                          <\/p>\n<p>1 of 2<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; D. John Sauer, Special Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Department of Justice, testifies during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<p>                                                                      <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                             <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"1\">\n<div>         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id=\"data-more-button-1\" data-less-id=\"data-less-button-1\" data-carousel-readmore-status=\"unstarted\">             <\/p>\n<p><span>2 of 2<span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><\/span>             <span><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Attorney Neal Katyal speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court heard arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>     <\/div>\n<div>                                 <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id=\"data-more-button-1\" data-less-id=\"data-less-button-1\">                                                                          <\/p>\n<p>2 of 2<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Attorney Neal Katyal speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, as the Court heard arguments on a new elections case that could dramatically alter voting in 2024 and beyond. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<p>                                                                      <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                             <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                       <\/bsp-carousel>   <\/template> <\/bsp-carousel>                      <\/div>\n<p>Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump\u2019s top Supreme Court lawyer, is defending the tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>Neal Katyal, who held Sauer\u2019s job on an acting basis in the Obama administration, represents small businesses that are challenging the tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>Oregon Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman is appearing on behalf of 12 mostly Democratic-led states that also sued over the tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Little visible benefits so far from tariffs\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50df-dc0f-ab9b-f5df029d0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762353027852\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50df-dc0f-ab9b-f5df029d0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Little visible benefits so far from tariffs         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump has warned that a decision by the Supreme Court to overturn his tariffs poses a nearly existential threat to the nation\u2019s economic growth. <\/p>\n<p>But so far, there is little evidence that the duties have benefited the economy.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-480000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pedestrians walk by a \"Now Hiring\" sign at an electronics store in Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/1be3c3d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4302x2868+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F7a%2F6e%2F83c5bc2e4ed5b68699bdb3650bfa%2Fap25240787035866-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>Pedestrians walk by a \u201cNow Hiring\u201d sign at an electronics store in Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>Pedestrians walk by a \u201cNow Hiring\u201d sign at an electronics store in Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<p>Manufacturers have cut jobs every month since Trump\u2019s \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariff announcement in April. And a survey of manufacturers released Monday found that U.S. factory activity contracted in October for the eighth straight month. <\/p>\n<p>Many respondents to the survey complained that tariffs have disrupted their business.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump\u2019s policies take tariffs to 1930s levels\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50d8-dfd9-a79e-7ef842300000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762352369986\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50d8-dfd9-a79e-7ef842300000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump\u2019s policies take tariffs to 1930s levels         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has reversed decades of U.S. policy that favored free trade and low taxes on imports. <\/p>\n<p>The average U.S. tariff rate has risen to 17.9% \u2014 highest since 1934 \u2014 from around 2.5% at the beginning of the year, according to Yale University\u2019s Budget Lab. <\/p>\n<p>If the Supreme Court strikes down the tariffs Trump justified by declaring economic emergencies, the average tariff rate would drop to 9.1%, the lab reported.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Trump\u2019s tariffs make money for the Treasury\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50cc-df32-a5bb-5adf22a60000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762351487739\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50cc-df32-a5bb-5adf22a60000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Trump\u2019s tariffs make money for the Treasury         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Tariff revenue came to $195 billion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up 153% from $77 billion in fiscal 2024. The import taxes he justified under an economic emergency law \u2014 the ones being challenged in the Supreme Court \u2014 brought in $89 billion. <\/p>\n<p>Still, total tariffs accounted for less than 4% of federal revenue of $5.2 trillion in fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-5a0000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/fdc8a2b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5795x3863+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F1a%2F15%2Fa681127a4400949eb5519537bca5%2Fap25279703419432.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, File)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Tariffs in foreign policy\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50c7-d003-addb-deff86e20000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762350731671\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50c7-d003-addb-deff86e20000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Tariffs in foreign policy         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>For Trump, tariffs are not just a key part of his economic agenda, they\u2019re also a <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-foreign-policy-21337d2c11e629da3f187cdeb381d58b\">cornerstone of his foreign policy<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>He has wielded the import taxes as a threat to secure ceasefires, as political pressure during the prosecution of a Trump ally, and as punishment for a television ad.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Justice Department has pointed to their prominence in foreign policy as one reason why the Supreme Court should not strike them down, since it\u2019s an area where courts have long given deference to the executive branch.<\/p>\n<p>The challengers, on the other hand, say that tariffs amount to a domestic tax because they\u2019re paid by American companies that import goods, and taxation belongs to Congress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"US trade deficits are nothing new\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50cb-df32-a5bb-5adb5a000000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762350398389\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50cb-df32-a5bb-5adb5a000000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             US trade deficits are nothing new         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Trump justified his sweeping tariffs on most U.S. trading partners by declaring that the country\u2019s trade deficit amounted to a national emergency. <\/p>\n<p>But the U.S. has been importing more than it exports for five decades. It hasn\u2019t run a trade surplus since 1975.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"There is beefed-up security around the court\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-5440-d003-addb-defe16c30000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762350194894\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-5440-d003-addb-defe16c30000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             There is beefed-up security around the court         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Streets around the building are closed, as has recently been the case on days the court is in session. With <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-bessent-tariffs-trade-supreme-court-53952b451af79999c5f74d079b5c7652\">Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent<\/a><\/span> and members of Congress expected for the arguments, security is even tighter than usual.<\/p>\n<div data-align-center>                      <bsp-figure>     <\/p>\n<figure data-openoverlay>              <a id=\"image-160000\"><\/a>                                      <picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"548\"  ><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"548\"  ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"428\"  ><source width=\"599\" height=\"428\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump speaks before a lunch with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)\"   width=\"599\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/44859e7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4472x3194+0+0\/resize\/599x428!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F89%2F2e%2Fe1fc25b3428ab86411d18e48c3c1%2Fap25290639632912-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"> <\/picture>\n<div><bsp-read-more data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump speaks before a lunch with Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>          <template data-bsp-figure-overlay-template>                  <\/p>\n<div data-slidenumber=\"0\" data-slidescount=\"1\">                         <bsp-carousel-read-more data-show-less data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-id data-less-id>                             <\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as President Donald Trump speaks before a lunch with Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<p>                         <\/bsp-carousel-read-more>                     <\/div>\n<p>     <\/template>      <\/bsp-figure>                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"What happens if the Supreme Court rules against Trump?\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50c8-dc0f-ab9b-f5cb45990000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762350075625\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50c8-dc0f-ab9b-f5cb45990000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             What happens if the Supreme Court rules against Trump?         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The president has warned the United States will be rendered \u201cdefenseless\u201d if he loses. But he\u2019d actually still have plenty of options to keep taxing imports aggressively. <\/p>\n<p>He can use other laws he deployed in his first term and can reach for more, including one aimed specifically at addressing trade imbalances and a previously unused Depression-era statute that allows for up to 50% tariffs against countries that treat American businesses unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>He just won\u2019t have nearly boundless authority to impose any tariff he wants anytime he wants to.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post> <bsp-liveblog-post data-gtm-region=\"Livestream should begin a few minutes after 10 a.m., Eastern time\" data-post-id=\"0000019a-50ba-dc0f-ab9b-f5fb6a8e0000\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1762349451977\" data-seconds-delta-text=\"sec ago\" data-minutes-delta-text=\"min ago\" data-hours-delta-text=\"h ago\">              <a id=\"0000019a-50ba-dc0f-ab9b-f5fb6a8e0000\"><\/a>                          <\/p>\n<h2>             Livestream should begin a few minutes after 10 a.m., Eastern time         <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A buzzer and the court marshal\u2019s cry, \u201cAll rise,\u201d will signal the start of the session, the justices emerging from behind red curtains to take their seats at the court\u2019s curved mahogany bench. <\/p>\n<p>The livestream won\u2019t kick in for several minutes, until after the ceremonial swearing-in of lawyers to the Supreme Court bar.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <\/bsp-liveblog-post>               <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen live as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act allowed the Trump administration to impose broad tariffs without congressional approval. 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