The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will examine whether President Trump acted lawfully when he used emergency powers to apply sweeping tariffs to a broad range of countries , a centerpiece of his economic agenda.

Earlier this year, a federal trade court and a federal appeals court found that some of Trump's tariffs violated the law. The White House appealed to the Supreme Court , and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal.

The court said it would hold arguments in the first week of November.

Which tariffs are at issue?

This case is about tariffs imposed using emergency powers under a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act , or IEEPA. That law gives the president a range of economic powers, including over imports and exports, "to deal

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