The president who cried tariffs: will the US supreme court challenge Trump’s trade war?

<p>The US high court will hear arguments on whether Trump’s erratic imposition of global tariffs is legally valid</p><p>Donald Trump thrives on emergencies. He cried havoc on the very first day of his second term, declaring a national emergency caused by an “invasion” of “<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/">illegal aliens</a>” from Mexico. He has since invoked emergencies more than any president since the passage of the National Emergencies Act in 1976.</p><p>Next Wednesday, he faces another of his own making, as the US supreme court hears oral arguments on whether his globe-shaking signature economic policy – tariffs – is legally valid.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/trump-tariffs-supreme-court">Continue reading...</a>