The Supreme Court on Tuesday took an unusual move and agreed to quickly hear arguments related to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and whether the president has the power to impose them under federal law.

The justices will hear arguments beginning the first week of November, the court said in an order Tuesday. It’s a quick timeline for the justices after the Trump administration urged them to take the case when an appeals court last month said Trump acted unlawfully to impose tariffs on other countries.

The appeals court agreed with the U.S. Court of International Trade that Trump’s use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to declare a national emergency in order to implement his tariff plan was wrong.

The Constitution states that tariff power is assigned to Congres

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