Written by Lindsay Whitehurst
Washington (AP) An appeal from an Illinois toy maker seeking a speedy ruling on the validity of President Donald Trump’s tariffs was denied by the Supreme Court on Friday.
Instead of allowing the matter to proceed in lower courts, Learning Resources Inc. has requested that the justices take up the case as soon as possible. The corporation contends that the nation’s top court must move quickly to address the matter because the tariffs and uncertainties are severely affecting businesses nationwide.
The Supreme Court is generally hesitant to take up cases before lower courts have made a decision, but the justices did not provide an explanation in their brief order rejecting the appeal.
The business claims that the Republican president circumvented Congress by enforcing tariffs illegally under an emergency powers legislation. Although it won an early success in a lower court, the order is currently on hold as an appeals court examines a similar decision that would restrict Trump’s tariffs more broadly. Ahead of hearings scheduled for late July, the appeals court has let Trump to begin collecting tariffs under the emergency powers law.
The Trump administration has justified the tariffs by claiming that the nation’s long-standing trade deficit is a national emergency and that the emergency powers legislation grants the president the power to control imports during such times.
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