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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Blocked Trump’s Tariffs

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Trump’s trade war is back on for now after two prior courts briefly shut it down. The issue is on a fast track to the Supreme Court as the Trump White House attacks the judges who ruled against the President. Plus, a tone of defiance at Harvard University commencement ceremony today.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's a brand new ruling on Trump's tariffs.

0:05.0

The lead starts right now.

0:07.0

Breaking news, Trump's trade war is back on for now after two prior courts briefly shut it down since I last saw you yesterday.

0:16.0

The issue is on a fast track to the U.S. Supreme Court as the Trump White House attacks the judges who ruled against the president.

0:24.8

There is a troubling and dangerous trend of unelected judges inserting themselves into the presidential decision-making process.

0:32.5

How will this end? Plus, pomp, circumstance, and defiance at Harvard University's commencement ceremony today.

0:39.7

As speakers note, this unprecedented time for the embattled Ivy League School brought on by its

0:44.4

fight with the Trump administration, still playing out in court while students crossed the stage

0:49.1

in Cambridge today. And physically violent crypto crimes. A stunning video of a victim running for his life trying to escape criminals who kidnapped him.

0:59.0

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. Since I last saw you, President Donald Trump's tariffs have been through the ringer in the U.S. court system.

1:10.0

A U.S. Appeals Court just now temporarily

1:11.7

reinstated those tariffs after last night a court ruled that the president does not have the

1:17.2

authority to use emergency powers to enact his tariffs. So the appeals court ruling allows Trump

1:22.8

to keep on tariffing for now, though this fight will inevitably wind up in a final boss battle at the U.S.

1:29.6

Supreme Court. Earlier this afternoon, the Trump administration also appealed a separate

1:33.5

ruling where a U.S. district judge issued a preliminary injunction protecting two family-owned

1:39.1

toy companies, learning resources and hand-to-mind. The judge saying they would be irreparably harmed by Trump's

1:47.5

tariffs. We heard about that harm directly from the CEO of learning resources just a couple

1:52.3

weeks ago on this show as part of our business leaders series where we talked to small business

1:57.6

owners about the impact of Trump's tariffs. And another small business owner who joined the lead this month was actually behind the lawsuit in the first court ruling.

2:06.1

The paused Trump's global tariffs last night.

2:07.9

That business is VOS selections, and they will join us ahead in just a few minutes.

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