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In May, the trade court rejected the argument, ruling that Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs “exceed any authority granted to the President’’ under the emergency powers law.

The case arrived at the Federal Circuit after the U.S. Court of International Trade in late May invalidated the challenged tariffs by ruling that IEEPA does not “confer such unbounded authority ...

The U.S. Court of International Trade sided with the states, but that ruling and another against the Trump tariffs have been put on hold while appeals are pending.

How the court handles the cases will be the strongest indicator yet of whether this court will check any administration action.

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The three-judge panel said it wouldn’t act in a case brought Detroit Axle while a set of separate legal challenges to Trump’s tariff actions are pending before a federal appeals court.