US Supreme Court hears challenge to Trump tariff powers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : " White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday that the administration was fully confident in its legal arguments, but was nonetheless "always preparing for Plan B." Trump's administration argues that under the IEEPA, the president can "regulate" trade by unilaterally setting import tax rates at any level.
49% : But challengers note the words "tariff" or "tax" do not appear in the statute, and that the US Constitution explicitly grants Congress the power to establish levies.
34% : The group of small businesses and states challenging Trump's tariffs argue that even as the IEEPA allows the president to "regulate" imports in an emergency, it does not confer him power "to tax every corner of the economy that is subject to regulation.

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