The Supreme Court’s tariff decision extends far beyond tariffs

It stops Trump from deciding not to spend money Congress appropriated, and from going to war without Congress’s approval

Friends,

A 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court decided yesterday that Trump cannot take core powers that the Constitution gives Congress. Instead, Congress must delegate any such power clearly and unambiguously.

This is a big decision. It goes far beyond merely interpreting the 1997 International Emergency Economic Powers Act not to give Trump the power ov…