February 20, 2026 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law

Confirmed

Supreme Court Invalidates Trump's IEEPA Global Tariffs

The Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize the president's sweeping global tariff program, rejecting the administration's use of the statute to impose broad, general...

May 28, 2025 · Constitutional Order & Rule of Law

Confirmed

Trade Court Invalidates the Liberation Day Tariff Architecture

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize the administration's sweeping worldwide "Liberation Day" tariffs, finding that the law's emergency powers...

February 1, 2025 · Economy, Trade & Fiscal Policy

Confirmed

Emergency Tariffs Open a Trade War with Canada, Mexico and China

On February 1, 2025, Trump ordered 25 percent tariffs on most imports from Canada and Mexico and 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, invoking emergency powers and linking the trade penalties to migration and fentanyl...