Quickly deal with tariff case: Donald Trump tells Supreme Court

The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal law. The government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that found most of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are an illegal use of an emergency powers law.

It’s the latest in a series of Trump administration appeals to a SC he helped shape, and one that is expected to put a centrepiece of the president’s trade policy before the justices. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit left the tariffs in place for now, but the administration nevertheless called on the high court to intervene quickly in a petition filed electronically late on Wednesday which is expected to be formally docketed on Thursday. Solicitor General D John Sauer asked the justices to take up the case and hear arguments in early November. “The stakes in this case could not be higher,” he said.