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.
Emergency-powers tariffs exceeded IEEPA
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- 2026-02-20
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- Final Supreme Court judgment on IEEPA tariff authority.
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99 matching recordsCREW challenges Trump's IRS immunity under the Domestic Emoluments Clause2026-09-08Donald J. TrumpSubject of CREW's challenge to the tax-immunity benefitTrump IRS settlement and tax-immunity orders3 sourcesDOJ rescinds the fund order while defending Trump's tax release2026-08-02Donald J. TrumpPlaintiff in the settlement whose fund-establishing order was rescindedTrump IRS settlement and tax-immunity orders1 sourceBirthright-citizenship restriction struck down2026-06-30Donald J. Trumpissued unconstitutional citizenship restrictionExecutive Order 141601 sourceIndependent-agency removal shield dismantled2026-06-29Donald J. Trumpremoved commissioner and defeated tenure protectionFTC commissioner for-cause removal protection1 sourceBlanche signs broad release of tax claims against Trump and affiliates2026-05-19Donald J. TrumpNamed plaintiff covered by the May 19 release of government claimsTrump IRS settlement and tax-immunity orders2 sourcesTrump's IRS settlement commits DOJ to an anti-weaponization fund2026-05-18Donald J. TrumpPlaintiff in settlement requiring creation of a claims fundTrump IRS settlement and tax-immunity orders1 sourceEmergency-powers tariffs exceeded IEEPA2026-02-20Donald J. Trumpimposed tariffs without IEEPA authorization2025 IEEPA tariff program1 sourceTrump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act2025-11-19Donald J. Trumpsigned the Epstein Files Transparency ActEpstein Files Transparency Act1 sourceTreasury sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil after failed ceasefire diplomacy2025-10-22Donald J. Trumpadministration imposed oil-company sanctionsOctober 2025 Russian oil-company sanctions1 sourceD.C. death-penalty instruction cannot create a capital offense or erase charging limits2025-09-25Donald J. Trumpdirected death-penalty enforcement throughEnforcing the Death Penalty Laws in the District of Columbia to Deter and Punish the Most Heinous Crimes2 sources$100,000 H-1B payment was judicially treated as an unauthorized tax2025-09-19Donald J. Trumprestricted H-1B entry throughRestriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers3 sourcesGrantee order increased scrutiny but did not create the federal lobbying ban it invokes2025-08-28Donald J. Trumpordered grantee political-activity review throughUse of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political Activity by Federal Grantees2 sourcesFlag-burning directive confronts binding First Amendment precedent2025-08-25Donald J. Trumpordered flag-burning enforcement throughProsecuting Burning of The American Flag2 sourcesD.C. emergency shifted local policing under a time-limited federal command mechanism2025-08-11Donald J. Trumpasserted emergency police control throughDeclaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia2 sourcesAdmissions directive imposed six-year demographic reporting with unresolved misuse risk2025-08-07Donald J. Trumpordered admissions-data expansion throughEnsuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions2 sourcesSenate minority staff identified $33.5 million sunk in IRS Direct File2025-07-31Elon Muskended a service after public development investmentIRS Direct File1 sourceGENIUS Act ethics clause omitted a presidential-family issuer bar2025-07-18Donald J. Trumpsigned the stablecoin statute into lawGENIUS Act3 sources2025 travel ban covered nationals of nineteen countries through full or partial suspensions2025-06-04Donald J. Trumpimposed country entry restrictions throughRestricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats2 sourcesHarvard student-entry suspension became one front in a wider funding-and-autonomy dispute2025-06-04Donald J. Trumprestricted Harvard student entry throughEnhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University2 sourcesPublic-media funding cutoff was enjoined as viewpoint discrimination and retaliation2025-05-01Donald J. Trumpordered public-media funding cutoff throughEnding Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media2 sourcesFirst sanctuary blacklist named more than 500 jurisdictions, including Trump-aligned localities, then vanished2025-04-28Donald J. Trumpordered sanctuary-jurisdiction list throughProtecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens2 sourcesActBlue investigation singled out one fundraising platform amid cross-party screening failures2025-04-24Donald J. Trumpordered fundraising investigation throughInvestigation into Unlawful “Straw Donor” and Foreign Contributions in American Elections2 sourcesDisparate-impact retreat changed federal enforcement priorities but not enacted civil-rights law2025-04-23Donald J. Trumpcurtailed disparate-impact enforcement throughRestoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy2 sourcesAccreditation order tied access to federal student aid to presidential policy priorities2025-04-23Donald J. Trumpordered accreditation overhaul throughReforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education2 sourcesDirect File advocates projected up to $11 billion in annual taxpayer savings at maturity2025-04-16Elon Muskforeclosed a projected low-cost filing channelIRS Direct File1 sourceThe administration ended IRS Direct File after two filing seasons2025-04-15Elon Muskterminated a public alternative to commercial filing productsIRS Direct File2 sourcesSocial Security immigration enforcement disabled financial records of lawfully issued number holders2025-04-15Donald J. Trumpdirected benefits enforcement throughPreventing Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits2 sourcesMilitary border-land mission extended armed-force authority into detention support2025-04-11Donald J. Trumpassigned military border mission throughMilitary Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions2 sourcesNational-security exclusions removed bargaining rights across agencies representing hundreds of thousands2025-03-27Donald J. Trumpexcluded agencies from labor statute throughExclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs3 sourcesSmithsonian review put elected officials over museum narratives about race and national history2025-03-27Donald J. Trumpordered Smithsonian content review throughRestoring Truth and Sanity to American History2 sourcesCrossfire Hurricane memorandum released records but decided no misconduct claim2025-03-25Donald J. Trumpordered investigation records declassified throughImmediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation1 sourceForeign Service order replaced diversity criteria with presidential foreign-policy alignment2025-03-19Donald J. Trumprestricted Foreign Service DEI policy throughRemoving Discrimination and Discriminatory Equity Ideology From the Foreign Service2 sourcesAlien Enemies Act removals met a due-process limit, not blanket judicial approval2025-03-15Donald J. Trumpinvoked wartime removal authority throughInvocation of the Alien Enemies Act Regarding the Invasion of The United States by Tren De Aragua2 sourcesUSAGM reduction cut more than 500 additional jobs while a judge demanded compliance2025-03-14Donald J. Trumpordered public broadcaster reduced throughContinuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy2 sourcesOfficial-English order removed a federal access directive affecting nearly 28 million people2025-03-01Donald J. Trumprevoked language-access directive throughDesignating English as the Official Language of The United States2 sourcesAgency-minimum order triggered conflicting rulings over whether statutory work could continue2025-02-19Donald J. Trumpordered agency reductions throughCommencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy2 sourcesBenefits order expanded immigration screening into housing, health, and community grants2025-02-19Donald J. Trumprestricted benefit access throughEnding Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders2 sourcesIndependent-agency order centralized rule review and legal interpretation in the White House2025-02-18Donald J. Trumpasserted White House control throughEnsuring Accountability for All Agencies2 sourcesSchool vaccine-funding threat had little immediate reach because mandates were already rare2025-02-15Donald J. Trumpconditioned school funding throughKeeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools2 sourcesDOGE mass-layoff plan reached more than two million workers while merits remained undecided2025-02-11Donald J. Trumpordered DOGE workforce controls throughImplementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative2 sources
