The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments last Wednesday about whether the Trump administration can use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose broad-based tariffs on goods imported from abroad.

The legal questions surrounding the use of this act to impose tariffs include whether federal law grants the president the right to impose tariffs and whether, if this specific act does grant the president this right, it was legal for Congress to delegate this authority in the case of emergencies.

A decision on these questions has important consequences for the well-being of American citizens.

Legal experts are mixed on the likely outcome of the proceedings. But “friend of the court” briefs provided to the court against allowing the president to use th

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