The United States Supreme Court declined to expedite the lawsuits contesting Trump’s tariffs, permitting them to stay in effect for the time being. The court indicated that it will await the order from the appellate court.
The United States Supreme Court delivered a significant legal triumph to President Donald Trump by declining to expedite a challenge against his extensive reciprocal tariffs. On Friday, the justices of the Supreme Court dismissed a scheduling request from two family-owned enterprises aiming to nullify numerous import taxes imposed by Trump.
This dismissal indicates that the Trump administration will have the standard 30 days to respond to the case. The court filing submitted on Tuesday indicated that the companies involved were seeking a prompt reply from the Trump administration, a request that has now been turned down by the nation’s highest court.
As reported by Bloomberg, the two family-owned businesses sought the court to take the extraordinary measure of addressing the case without awaiting a ruling from a federal appeals court. In contrast, the Trump administration contended that the Supreme Court should allow the conventional appellate process to unfold.
It is noteworthy that this marks the inaugural occasion on which the challenge to Trump’s reciprocal tariffs has reached the US Supreme Court. Currently, the legal disputes concerning tariffs are confined to district and federal courts.
In a related matter, a federal district judge concurred with the educational toy manufacturers Learning Resources Inc. and Hand2Mind Inc., the two companies involved in the Supreme Court case, that the President of the United States lacked the authority under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose extensive reciprocal tariffs.
In a different case, a federal appeals court determined that the tariffs could remain in effect at least until that panel hears arguments on July 31. Both courts are addressing Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs, which consist of a universal baseline levy of 10 percent along with potentially elevated rates for various trading partners.
It is important to highlight that each of these lawsuits also pertains to at least some of Trump’s individual import duties related to fentanyl trafficking.
The case that reached the Supreme Court is named “Learning Resources v. Trump.”
