Tariffs, Immigration, Other Trump Moves To Dominate US Supreme Court Docket
Washington:
President Donald Trump has pushed the boundaries of executive power to impose sweeping tariffs, crack down on immigration and attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor, and these actions could dominate the US Supreme Court’s upcoming docket.
“It’s about to be, ‘Does the president have the power to do that?’ season at the Supreme Court,” said Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson. “While each case brings up slightly different issues, when and if the Supreme Court tackles deportations, tariffs and the firing of members of executive agencies, the big question will be whether or not President Trump had the authority to take those actions.”
Trump’s administration appealed on Wednesday a lower court’s ruling last week that many of his tariffs pursued under a 1977 law meant for emergencies are illegal, urging the justices to fast-track their review of the case.
The case, and others making their way to the Supreme Court, will test just how amenable the justices are to the Republican president’s expansive view of his authority, and his administration’s ability to find novel ways to justify and carry out his agenda.
The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has already handed major wins to the Republican president in his second term, granting emergency requests to implement his policies while challenges play out in lower courts.
