Several Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday about the legality of President Donald Trump’s ability to impose sweeping tariffs, in a case partly brought by Vernon Hills-based companies Learning Resources and Hand2Mind.

Multiple lawsuits have been filed over tariffs with a case brought by a dozen states , including Illinois, and another from several small businesses such as Learning Resources and Hand2Mind, educational toy manufacturers run by the same fourth-generation family owners.

The groups are challenging Trump’s use of emergency powers outlined in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, saying the act doesn’t even mention tariffs and no president before has used it to impose them.

Congress works with the president to set tariff policy “by authorizin

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