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Emergency-powers tariffs exceeded IEEPA

Date
2026-02-20
Entry type
court-ruling
Current status
Final Supreme Court judgment on IEEPA tariff authority.
Last reviewed
2026-09-03

The Supreme Court rejected Trump's attempt to derive an open-ended tariff power from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Entities and roles

Claims and evidence

  1. factruled-unlawful

    The Supreme Court held that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, affirmed the Federal Circuit judgment in V.O.S. Selections, and vacated the Learning Resources judgment only because tariff challenges belong in the Court of International Trade.