Overview

• Learning Resources and hand2mind asked the Supreme Court to bypass the D.C. Circuit and fast-track their challenge to the 'Liberation Day' tariffs, arguing the measures have inflicted massive harm on businesses and consumers.
• The justices on June 20 issued a brief order denying the motion to expedite, keeping the case on its normal appellate trajectory.
• Two district courts ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, but the Federal Circuit stayed those injunctions on May 29, preserving the tariffs.
• The administration contends that the U.S. trade deficit qualifies as a national emergency under the IEEPA and now has a 30-day window to file its formal response to the Supreme Court petition.
• Remaining on the regular appellate track, the dispute will proceed to oral arguments before the Federal Circuit in late July with the possibility of Supreme Court review next term.