Overview
- The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows sweeping import taxes.
- President Donald Trump says he will not attend, calling his presence a distraction.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he will sit near the front at the hearing and has framed the case as a national security matter and economic emergency.
- Earlier rulings concluded the president lacked authority under IEEPA but kept the tariffs in place pending the Supreme Court’s decision.
- Bessent has said the administration has other legal authorities it could use if the Court rules against the tariffs.