00:00The Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law by unilaterally imposing sweeping emergency tariffs on imports, delivering
00:08a rare legal defeat to his economic agenda.
00:10The justices voted 6-3 that the statute Trump used, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, does not authorize the
00:19president to levy broad tariffs without clear congressional approval.
00:22The decision undercuts a central pillar of the president's trade policy and could lead to huge refund claims for tariffs
00:29already collected.
00:30While some sector-specific tariffs under the law remain in place, the ruling represents a major check on executive power
00:37in trade policy.
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