Trump illegally used executive power to impose global tariffs, supreme court rules

US president vows to enact 10% global baseline tariff after calling the supreme court justices ‘a disgrace to the nation’US politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court declared many of Donald Trump’s tariffs illegal on Friday, in a sharp rebuke that topples a key pillar of the president’s aggressive economic agenda.In a 6-3 ruling, the court decided that a 1977 law designed to address national emergencies did not provide the legal justification for most of the Trump administration’s tariffs on countries across the world. It is the first time the court has overruled one of Trump’s second-term policies. Continue reading...