Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over Whether to Block Trump’s Tariffs

An appeals court seemed skeptical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs after oral argument on July 31, as multiple judges questioned whether a decades-old law Trump invoked had provided him the authority he said it did.
Oral arguments came months after the U.S. Court of International Trade held in May that Trump’s tariffs were inconsistent with the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, which allows presidents to regulate imports in times of emergency. Whether that regulation of imports includes tariffs was the subject of considerable debate.
Article I of the Constitution grants Congress the power to levy tariffs, but the legislative branch may delegate that authority through federal law….