The president of the United States, Donald Trump, makes a gesture during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, August 26, 2025.
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President Donald Trump, on Wednesday night, asked the Supreme Court to accept rapidly and govern an appeal that seeks to revoke the decisions of the lower court that determined that most of his tariffs are illegal.
The application occurs five days after the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a 7-4 ruling, said Trump exceeded his authority when he implemented taxation taxes in practically all countries.
That decision launched a central pillar of Trump’s commercial agenda.
Trump is asking the Supreme Court to listen to arguments about his appeal at the beginning of November and issue a final decision on the legality of the dispute tariffs shortly after, according to the archives obtained by NBC News of the plaintiffs in the case.
Normally, the Supreme Court would take so time that next summer to issue this decision.
The secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besent, in an attached statement to Trump’s application, said the decision of the Court of Appeals “seriously undermines the president’s ability to carry out the diplomacy of the real world and its ability to protect the national security and the economy of the United States,” said the presentation.
Trump’s presentations also say that “delaying a decision until June 2026 could result in a scenario in which $ 750 billion have already been collected, $ 1 billion in rates, and unwinding them could cause significant interruption.”
Trump used the International Law of Emergency Economic Powers, or IEEPA, to impose pronounced taxes on commercial partners, declaring the Federal Deficit of the United States with other nations a national emergency.
But the Court of Appeals said that “tariffs are a central power of Congress,” not a presidential authority.
“The main power of Congress to impose taxes as tariffs is granted exclusively in the legislative branch by the Constitution,” said the court.
The Court of Appeals arrested its ruling to enter into force until October 14, giving Trump time to ask the Supreme Court to listen to its appeal and the Superior Court that potentially issue an indefinite suspension of the decision until the appeal resolves.
Jeffrey Schwab, main lawyer of the Liberty Justice Center, who represented the plaintiffs who successfully demanded to block tariffs, in a statement said: “The Government has now asked the Supreme Court of the United States to review this case. Both federal courts that considered the issue agreed that Ieepa did not give the President the authority fee without a doubt.”
“We are sure that our legal arguments against the so -called ‘Liberation Day’ will finally prevail,” said Schwab.
“These illegal tariffs are inflicting serious damage to small businesses and endangering their survival. We expect a quick resolution of this case for our customers.”
