The Supreme Court‘s Wednesday oral arguments over the legality of Donald Trump‘s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs pitted the president’s constitutional foreign affairs powers against Congress’s constitutionally delegated tariff power.

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Next year, the Supreme Court will decide whether the President can use a five decade old emergency powers act to shape the U.S. economy.Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or AYEEPA,

The president continues to use this once-narrow exception for genuine crises as a routine pretext for government overreach.

Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about Donald Trump's use of emergency law to impose global tariffs during oral arguments Wednesday.

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After oral arguments it appears the Supreme Court will strike down President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs 6-3.

What was once meant to be a narrow exception for genuine crises has become a routine pretext for government overreach.

In times of national emergency, should the Supreme Court dictate America's grand strategy and international economic policies? This question confronts