President Donald Trump grudgingly praised the trio of liberal justices on the U.S. Supreme Court who helped block his use of an emergency law to impose sweeping tariffs on trading partners. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)
Trump held a press conference at the White House Friday, just hours after the Supreme Court ruled that Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs using emergency powers. The decision was a 6-3 ruling, with conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting.
Trump praised the three conservatives who dissented.
"I'd like to thank and congratulate Justices Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh for their strength and wisdom and love of our country, which is right now very proud of those justices," he said. "When you read the dissenting opinions, there's no way that anyone can argue against them."
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Trump praised the three conservatives who dissented. (J. Scott Applewhite, File/The Associated Press )
Trump continued that the ruling "did not overrule tariffs, but "merely overruled a particular use of IEEPA tariffs."
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act is a 1977 emergency powers law that lets a president, after declaring a national emergency tied to a foreign threat, restrict or regulate certain international economic transactions — most commonly to impose sanctions.
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Trump relied on IEEPA as the legal basis for the tariffs the Court struck down, ruling that the statute does not authorize tariffs.
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