Appeals Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs as Illegal Executive Overreach

A federal appeals court ruled that President Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs were illegal, holding that the executive branch lacked statutory authority to impose them unilaterally. The court found that Trump's invocation of emergency trade powers exceeded the scope Congress had delegated under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The ruling threatened to void tariffs generating hundreds of billions in annual revenue and set up an expedited Supreme Court showdown.