WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted an unusually quick hearing on whether President Donald Trump has the power to impose sweeping tariffs under federal law.

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The Supreme Court is granting an unusually quick hearing on whether President Donald Trump has the power under federal law to impose sweeping tariffs

The justices agreed Tuesday to hear the case in November, lightning fast by the usual standards of the nation's highest court

The small businesses and states that challenged the tariffs in court also agreed to the fast timetable

They say Trump illegally used emergency powers to set import taxes on nearly every country in the world, nearly driving their businesses to bankruptcy

Two lower courts have found most of the tariffs were illegally imposed,

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