The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Tariffs Questioned by Appeals Court

July 31, 2025

Authors: Louise Radnofsky, Jess Bravin, and Brian Schwartz

Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Zuma Press

(The Wall Street Journal)—Judges voice skepticism that president can use emergency powers to replace import schedule Congress adopted.

Federal appeals judges on Thursday grilled a Trump administration lawyer over the White House’s use of emergency powers to impose worldwide tariffs, pushing back against the president’s claims that a 1977 law addressing economic emergencies gives him the ability to rewrite the tariff schedule…

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