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Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive the Supreme Court?

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could reverse President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and potentially upend the central piece of his economic policy. WSJ’s James Romoser breaks down the case on both sides and explains why some conservative justices are skeptical of Trump administration’s argument for the tariffs. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: The Supreme Court’s Season Finale, Explained Trump 2.0: A Showdown With the Judiciary Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We will hear argument this morning in case 24, 1287,

0:09.0

Learning Resources versus Trump, and the consolidated case.

0:14.0

General Sauer.

0:15.0

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the years' most anticipated cases. The case is about whether Donald Trump exceeded his authority, violated the law,

0:27.6

when he enacted his sweeping global tariffs at the beginning of his second term.

0:33.6

That's our colleague James Ramoser, who covers the Supreme Court.

0:36.6

It's hard to overstate its importance.

0:39.4

It's certainly one of the biggest cases the Supreme Court will hear this term, if not the biggest

0:45.7

case.

0:47.2

Hanging in the balance is billions of dollars in tariffs, and one of President Trump's

0:51.6

central economic policies.

0:53.9

But James says the case is about even more than that.

0:57.0

So as if the case isn't big enough just by virtue of testing Donald Trump's signature economic policy,

1:04.3

the case even has broader implications than that,

1:06.6

because it will affect the balance of power between the president and Congress,

1:13.5

not just the current president, but presidents in the future.

1:18.1

And if you could use just one word to characterize the sentiment

1:21.3

that the justices displayed yesterday in their questions, what would it be?

1:26.5

If I had to put it in one word, the word I would use is skeptical.

1:34.4

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.

1:39.3

I'm Ryan Knudsen. It's Thursday, November 6th.

1:47.0

Coming It's Thursday, November 6th. Coming up on the show, will Trump's tariffs survive the Supreme Court's scrutiny?

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