Trump asks Supreme Court to take up tariffs appeal

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s administration appealed to the Supreme Court of Federal Court, saying that most of its global tariffs were illegal and that the trade agenda constitutes a legal conflict that could determine the future of the trade agenda.

Although the official appeal is expected and the court still needs to accept, it probably takes Trump’s fate into the hands of the US Supreme Court.

Filing on August 29, a Federal Court of Appeal, Trump’s April 2, “mutual tariffs” were illegal and the central principle of the economic agenda has made a limbo.

. US Federal Circuit Court of Appeal Trump decided on 7-4 decisions that he exceeded the presidential authority when he applied upright taxes to almost every country.

Trump used the International Law of Emergency Economic Forces or IEEPA to impose upright taxes on trade partners, and declared the federal deficit of the United States with other nations a national emergency.

However, the Court of Appeal said it was not a presidential authority, but a “basic congress power of tariffs”.

The court, “Tariffs such as tariffs are given the basic congress power only by the Constitution at the legislative branch.” He said.

The decision of the Court of Appeal shall not enter into force until October 14, and the Trump administration gives the decision to appeal to the Supreme Court.

On Wednesday, the Trump administration reported that the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, although the Court of Appeal “, raised legal uncertainty. [the President’s IEEPA] Tariffs that heavily undermines the president’s ability to make diplomacy in the real world and the ability to protect the US national security and economy. “

The Supreme Court will take the case through Trump’s tariffs, According to ScotusblogAnd a decision may come in the summer of 2026.

This is an developing story and will be updated.