The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to hear its appeal of decrease court docket rulings that a lot of President Donald Trump‘s wide-ranging tariffs are unlawful.
The Supreme Court additionally agreed with the administration’s request to think about the enchantment on a faster-than-normal timeline.
The court docket mentioned it could hear oral arguments within the first week of its November argument session.
The Trump administration, in asking for the expedited enchantment, had warned that the Treasury Department may very well be pressured to refund between $750 billion and $1 trillion in collected tariffs if the Supreme Court waited till subsequent June to situation a call that agrees with decrease court docket judges that the duties are unlawful.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a 7-4 ruling on Aug. 29 mentioned that Trump usurped the authority of Congress to impose tariffs when he slapped steep duties on imports from many international locations earlier this yr.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday mentioned it could consolidate the Trump administration’s enchantment of that ruling, with an identical case during which a federal choose mentioned the tariffs have been unlawful.
A safety guard walks down the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., July 19, 2024.
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