The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to an expedited hearing on the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners.
The high court allotted one hour for oral arguments in the first week of November and gave all parties in the case, V.O.S. Selections, Inc., v Trump, until Sept. 19 to file opening briefs, followed by an Oct. 20 deadline for response briefs. The case consolidates two separate lawsuits filed by five small businesses and 12 states.
The Trump administration on Sept. 3 asked the Supreme Court to review a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that found Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to circumvent Congress’s tariff-setting constitutional authority was illegal.
