WASHINGTON, D.C. — Are President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs legal? We’re about to find out.

It’s a big day for the United States, especially for those interested in the separation of powers. Today, the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., begins hearing arguments in two cases that will determine whether the president was within his constitutional rights to impose tariffs on countries around the globe — or whether it was executive overreach. Trump declared national emergencies related to fentanyl trafficking and the trade deficit as justification for his tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and now the justices must decide whether that was legal and, if so, whether the conditions for declaring national emergencies were met.

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