What A Day Is Trump About To Lose His Trade War?
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Nov 6, 2025 
Dan Rayfield, the Attorney General of Oregon, joins to discuss Oregon's lawsuit against the Trump administration's use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. He explains the unprecedented nature of using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for tariffs and highlights concerns about separation of powers. Rayfield shares views on how tariffs impact consumers and links economic concerns to recent election outcomes. With the Supreme Court's skepticism, the future of this tariff strategy is uncertain!
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Court Skepticism On Presidential Tariff Power
- The Supreme Court questioned Trump's claim that tariffs are solely presidential foreign-policy powers under IEEPA.
- Justices raised separation-of-powers and taxation concerns that could curb unilateral tariff authority.
Tariffs Framed As Congressional Tax Power
- Justices debated whether tariffs function as taxes, which Article I reserves to Congress.
- That framing challenges the administration's view that tariffs fall outside congressional taxing power.
IEEPA Use For Tariffs Is Historically Unprecedented
- Oregon argues no president has used IEEPA to set tariffs and Congress intended specific safeguards for tariffs.
- Lower courts found the administration abused emergency power by bypassing those congressional safeguards.