Overview

• The U.S. Court of Appeals paused a May 28 International Trade Court ruling and reinstated Trump’s emergency tariffs on more than 100 countries.
• President Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on April 2 to bypass Congress and impose sweeping duties.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the judges of abusing their authority to usurp presidential power.
• Former Trump lawyer Ty Cobb derided Leavitt’s legal arguments as ill-informed and said few Americans take her seriously on substantive matters.
• Cobb warned the emergency-powers statute has never been used for tariffs and cautioned its expanded use risks undermining Congress’s delegated authority.