Supreme Court agrees to quickly review Trump’s tariffs

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to quickly decide questions surrounding President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Oral arguments will be held at the beginning of November, according to the court’s order.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court decision blocking Trump’s tariffs on Aug. 29, finding the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not give the president authority to authorize them. Trump wrote on Truth Social that the decision “would literally destroy the United States of America” if allowed to stand.

In its petition, the administration argued the lower court’s decision “eviscerates a critical tool for addressing emergencies through fuzzy reasoning that improperly transforms judges into foreign-policy referees.”

“Left undisturbed, the decision below would, in the President’s view, unilaterally disarm the United States and allow other nations to hold America’s economy hostage to their retaliatory trade policies,” the administration argued.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has agreed to quickly review Trump’s tariffs. Oral arguments will be held at the beginning of November. pic.twitter.com/vcBK0dN87e

— Katelynn Richardson (@katesrichardson) September 9, 2025

The administration asked for an expedited review because the ruling has “disrupted highly impactful, sensitive, ongoing diplomatic trade negotiations, and cast a pall of legal uncertainty over the President’s efforts to protect our country by preventing an unprecedented economic and foreign policy crisis.”

Trump imposed his first set of tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in February over the “extraordinary threat posed by illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl.” In April, he announced sweeping “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs, imposing a baseline 10% on imports, as well as higher rates for certain countries.

The Court of International Trade (CIT) found in May that both sets of tariffs exceeded the president’s authority under IEEPA.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

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