An appeals court ruled Friday that most of President Trump’s many tariffs on other nations are illegal and unconstitutional, striking down the policies.
As Fox News reported, the ruling stated:
“We affirm the CIT’s holding that the Trafficking and Reciprocal Tariffs imposed by the Challenged Executive Orders exceed the authority delegated to the President by IEEPA’s text. We also affirm the CIT’s grant of declaratory relief that the orders are invalid as contrary to law.”
The IEEPA is the International Emerge Economic Powers Act. While the law gives the president broad authorities, the court ruled, they do not include the power to impose tariffs.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., was divided in the ruling, 7-4, and says Trump’s tariffs can continue until Oct. 14. In the meantime the White House is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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President Trump vehemently opposed and decried the ruling on social media, saying it would be “a total disaster” if the tariffs were to be stopped:
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