Donald Trump declared last week on 60 Minutes that the legal dispute over his tariffs presents “the most important subject discussed by the Supreme Court in 100 years.” (I’m more of a Brown v. Board of Education proponent, but personal preferences vary.) The president then posited on social media that the tariff case “is, literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country.”

Everyone’s going to live, but, yes, there’s a lot at stake. And based on oral arguments in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Trump’s tariffs (as presently constructed) are teetering on extinction.

The justices spent nearly three hours questioning Solicitor General John Sauer (representing the Trump administration), former acting solicitor general Neal Katyal (representing a group of private businesses who oppose the

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