President Donald Trump has described the ongoing Supreme Court case over the legality of his use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on more than 100 countries as a matter of “literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country.” Certainly the case, in which oral arguments were heard at the Court on Wednesday, has profound implications for executive power and, as my colleague Ian Millhiser explained earlier this week, will be a key indicator of the court’s willingness to rein in the administration.

Based on the hostile questions from the conservative justices on Wednesday, the court appears likely to rule against Trump — a potentially serious blow to the administration, and not only its economic policies.

Trump is a self-described “tariff man,” and tariffs are rivaled perhaps only by mass deporta

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