The Supreme Court’s Complicated Takedown of Trump’s Tariffs

broughtOn Friday, President Donald Trump asked reporters at the White House to consider how “ridiculous” it was that the Supreme Court had just struck down tariffs that he’d been imposing, unilaterally and gleefully, around the world since last year. As President, he had the right “to destroy foreign countries,” Trump said. “But not the right to charge a fee—how crazy is that?” He seemed to find it crazier still that two of the Justices he’d appointed—Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett—had joined John Roberts, the Chief Justice, and the Court’s three liberals in ruling against him. “I’m ashamed of certain…