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Sep 9, 2025 / 05:16 PM PDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) The Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a case on Tuesday led by Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, challenging tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
Attorney General Rayfield filed the lawsuit in April in the Court of International Trade in New York.
The lawsuit argues that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, rather, Congress has the power to enact tariffs under Article I of the Constitution.
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The Supreme Courts decision to take up this case is an important moment in our fight to keep checks and balances intact. The Constitution says that Congressnot the Presidenthas the authority to set tariffs. Every court thats looked at this so far has agreed with us, Attorney General Rayfield said in a statement to KOIN 6 News.
These tariffs have acted like a hidden tax, driving up costs for Oregon families and businesses, Rayfield continued. Our team is ready and prepared and we look forward to continuing to stand up for Oregonians.
https://www.koin.com/news/politics/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-oregons-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-tariffs/

GiqueCee
(2,842 posts)It's about time someone called Trump on his destructive lies, and forced the SCOTUS to address the issue before the SOB could coerce them into hearing his appeal of previous legal challenges to is idiotic notion that the cost tariffs aren't passed on to consumers. Even a child could figure that out. Well, a child smarter than Trump, which is a pretty low bar.
bucolic_frolic
(52,441 posts)Can't be a good sign. "President can make tax policy when it comports with foreign policy. That's what de minimis exemptions were about."
Don't be surprised.
Bettie
(18,880 posts)giving Trump power to do whatever the fuck he wants to do in all areas.
They are going to make congress....and themselves irrelevant and unemployed.
Autumn
(48,369 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(170,045 posts)The president said that a ruling against his tariff authority would literally destroy the United States of America.
Supreme Court agrees to consider Trump tariffs appeal on expedited basisâ¦
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against the administration Aug. 29, reasoning that the federal law invoked by President Donald Trump didnt give him the authority he claimed. The circuit court kept its ruling on hold to provide a chance to appeal. The administration did so, asking the justices to hear the case on an expedited timeline. The justices agreed on Tuesday, also granting review in another tariff-related case that was pending before the court, consolidating the two appeals to consider together.
The court, whose next term starts in October, generally decides the terms cases by early July. Given the expedited timeline on which the court agreed to hear the tariffs case, a decision could come well before then, although the justices arent on a deadline to rule.
Framing the matter as urgent, the administration told the justices that the circuit ruling has disrupted highly impactful, sensitive, ongoing diplomatic trade negotiations, and cast a pall of legal uncertainty over the Presidents efforts to protect our country by preventing an unprecedented economic and foreign-policy crisis. Trump previously said that a ruling against him on the matter would literally destroy the United States of America.