The Trump administration took the fight over its tariffs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping trade penalties under federal law.

The U.S. government called on the court to reverse an appeals court ruling that most of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are an illegal use of an emergency powers law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit left the tariffs in place for now, but the administration nevertheless called on the high court to intervene quickly in a petition filed late Wednesday and provided to The Associated Press.

It was expected to be formally docketed on Thursday.

U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to take up the case and hear arguments in early Novemb

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