Supreme Court Tells Trump ‘Nice Try’ on Tariffs, Slaps His Ego Instead

KEY POINTS

•The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in November 2025 that Trump’s tariffs under IEEPA were illegal and overstepped presidential power.
•Justice Brett Kavanaugh warned the ruling could create chaos with billions in refunds and impact massive trade deals with China, UK, and Japan.
•Despite the ruling, the Trump administration plans to use other trade powers to keep some tariffs intact while stocks and furniture companies react.

On a rare Friday flex, the Supreme Court gave Trump's tariff spree the legal equivalent of a dad glare, nixing his rebellious use of IEEPA—aka 'International Emergency What Now?'—to impose big, bad tariffs without Congress. The 6-3 smackdown came months after a lightning-fast November hearing, where even conservative justices side-eyed Trump’s solo tariff karaoke. Justice Kavanaugh threw shade in his dissent about chaos and trillions in trade deals dangling on this ruling’s cliffhanger, while stock-type fans Wayfair and RH popped champagne, surging 5% and 4%, proving tariffs and furniture are now suspiciously linked. Oh, and billions in illegal tariffs? The Court ghosted the refund plan, leaving the government on a cryptic ‘figure it out’ mission.

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Mockingbird News

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Trump’s tariffs got tossed for presidential overreach because apparently ‘make your own rules’ isn’t in the constitution. Spoiler: Congress wants a word.

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