On Friday morning, in a not-exactly-surprising decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s signature policy, his tariffs.
Per CNBC, the court “struck down a huge chunk of President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariff agenda, delivering a major rebuke of the president’s key economic policy.” The high court ruled against Trump in a 6-3 decision, with Justices Clarence Thomas, Sam Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissenting.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has struck down President Trump’s tariff authority, saying his claim of emergency authority to issue sweeping tariffs to America’s trading partners was unlawful. https://t.co/Hmmh0kVXOi pic.twitter.com/OcsRwiyCCb
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 20, 2026
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said the tariffs “would represent a transformative expansion of the President’s authority over tariff policy.”
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“This ruling is a victory for every American family paying higher prices because of Trump’s tariff taxes,” Rep. Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, the House Budget Committee’s top-ranking Democrat, said, per CNBC. “The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s attempt to impose what amounted to a national sales tax on hardworking Americans.”
“The good news is that there are methods, practices, statutes and authorities as recognized by the entire court… that are even stronger than the IEEPA tariffs available to me as President of the United States.” – President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/IuJdAoFwLT
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2026
Trump, however, had a less happy reaction to the Court’s ruling.
At a press conference, Trump called the ruling “deeply disappointing,” and called the liberal justices on the Court “a disgrace to our nation.”
“I’d like to thank and congratulate Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh for their strength and wisdom and love of our country. Which is, right now, very proud of those justices. When you read the dissenting opinions, there’s no way that anyone can argue against them. There’s no way. Foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years are ecstatic,” Trump said in the press conference.
‘We have alternatives,” Trump said, per the Daily Mail. “Great alternatives – could be more money, we’ll take in more money, and we’ll be a lot stronger for it.”
Meanwhile, Trump went on to announce a new, 10 percent, across-the-board tariff.
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