Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs

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🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this emergency episode, Sarah Isgur and David French break down the Supreme Court’s historic 6-3 decision striking down President Donald Trump’s tariff authority under IEEPA. The Agenda:– The 6-3 decision–Chief Justice Roberts’ straightforward opinion–Major questions doctrine explained–The Festivus Concurrence begins–The refund mess–Why this is the most important case Show Notes:–Quick Thoughts on the Tariff Decision–Supreme Court strikes down tariffs Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.5	emergency podcast on emergency tariffs. I'm Isgir. That's David French.
0:57.0	I don't need to tell you what we're talking about today. You already know.
1:00.3	NBA trade deadline.
1:02.3	What? I was kidding.
1:05.0	All right, David, let's start at the very beginning.
1:07.1	Okay. This was a 6-3 decision with Justices Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas in dissent.
1:15.3	Kavanaugh writes the principal dissent. Justice Thomas writes a separate dissent.
1:20.2	We had 170 pages, though, of opinions here. The Chief Justice wrote the majority, only 21 pages, quite workman-like, I would say.
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