Trumps tullar och the Supreme Court; Wall Street Journal editorial

The world is waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of President Trump’s “emergency” tariffs, and Mr. Trump’s weekend tariff spree against European allies underscores again why his abuse of his authority needs to be reined in.

Tariff apologists will say the Greenland tariffs show the uses of border taxes for foreign policy, but the taxing power is Congress’s under the Constitution unless expressly delegated to the President.

U.S. trade rep Jamieson Greer said Monday that if the Supreme Court overturns Mr. Trump’s tariffs, the President will quickly rely on other tariff authorities. 

But those delegations are more limited on what goods, for what reason, and for how long they can be imposed. 

They don’t allow tariffs for any emergency that Mr. Trump conjures for whatever political purposes he desires.

Wall Street Journal editorial 19 January 2026

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-greenland-ieepa-supreme-court-2a4a6591

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