WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.
Now a federal appeals court has thrown a roadblock in his path.
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President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products
Now a federal appeals court has said: Not so fast
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that Trump went too far when he declared national emergencies to justify imposing sweeping import taxes on almost every country on Earth
The ruling largely upheld a May decision by a specialized federal trade court in New York, but the 7-4 appeals court decision tossed out a part of that ruling striking