The Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump does not have the legal authority to impose sweeping global tariffs without congressional approval, upending one of his key policies and issuing a rare constraint on his attempts to expand presidential powers. The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority that has regularly backed Trump on various contentious cases since he took office, but based on oral arguments in November, the tariffs dispute seemed to be leaning the other way, with the justices indicating Trump may not have the authority to impose tariffs under a law designed for use during a national emergency. The legal…
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