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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is having an \u2018I told you so\u2019 moment when it comes to President Trump\u2019s tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At November\u2019s blockbuster arguments, Gorsuch raised alarm about what he called a \u201cone-way ratchet\u201d of authority from Congress to the president if Trump wins a case that challenges his use of emergency powers to impose duties on a host of countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be veto-proof,\u201d Gorsuch warned of Trump\u2019s declared emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat president\u2019s ever going to give that power back? A pretty rare president. So how should that inform our view?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gorsuch\u2019s concern is now in the limelight as the justices prepare to return to the bench to issue opinions on three separate days between now and next Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Trump saw one of the first major pushbacks from Congress on the matter, when six House Republicans joined Democrats in voting 219-211 to repeal Trump\u2019s Canada tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). That measure now heads to the Senate, where four Republicans joined Democrats last year on a similar effort. The new vote only needs a simple majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even if it gets to Trump\u2019s desk, the revolt is largely symbolic. The bipartisan support for repealing the tariffs falls far short of the two-thirds majority needed in both the House and Senate to override an expected veto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gorsuch saw it coming \u2014 and he wasn\u2019t the only Trump-nominated justice to read the tea leaves back at November\u2019s arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s say that we adopt your interpretation of the statute,\u201d Justice Amy Coney Barrett told the government. \u201cIf Congress said, \u2018Whoa, we don\u2019t like that, that gives a president too much authority under IEEPA,\u2019 it\u2019s going to have a very hard time pulling the tariff power out of IEEPA, correct?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress can amend IEEPA at any time to make clear whether the 1977 law does, or does not, authorize Trump\u2019s tariffs. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has expressed no appetite for doing so, leaving the nine justices to parse the nearly half-century-old phrasing that has left global financial markets in suspense for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the sentiment is that we allow a little bit more runway for this to be worked out between the executive branch and the judicial branch,\u201d Johnson said last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one outside the court knows if the tariffs\u2019 opinion is being sent to the printers right now, or if there\u2019s still time for tweaks. When it is released, watch to see if any of the justices take note of the recent developments on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration hopes to convince the justices that Congress can, indeed, claw back power from the president. Solicitor General D. John Sauer would like everyone to remember that Congress clubbed together the votes to terminate the massive COVID-19 emergency just a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the statute reflects is there\u2019s going to be the ability for a sort of political consensus against a declared emergency. Nevertheless, that\u2019s a political discipline,\u201d Sauer said during the tariff arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speculation is still running rampant about exactly when the Supreme Court will release the highly anticipated decision. Some 105 days have now passed since oral arguments, longer than other recent expedited cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the wait during her book promo on \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d last week, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn\u2019t think much of it. There are \u201clots of nuanced legal issues\u201d and \u201cit takes a while to write,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe court is going through its process of deliberation, and the American people expect for us to be thorough and clear in our determinations, and sometimes that takes time,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact the junior liberal justice said anything at all was notable, as Supreme Court justices typically steer clear of talking about pending cases. Full stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve got our ears perked up. As the justices return to the bench, the court has signaled it will hand down opinions Friday, Tuesday and next Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bettors on prediction markets think it could be coming. After the court scheduled the opinion days, the odds of the tariff decision landing this month jumped from 40 percent to more than 70 percent on Kalshi, a popular prediction market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandwiched between two of the opinion day releases is the State of the Union, scheduled for Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Justice John Roberts and several of the other justices typically attend; here\u2019s the list of who has shown up each year. It\u2019s a rare face-to-face moment between the justices and the president, with every move scrutinized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Roberts and the others sat in last year for Trump\u2019s address, they were also sitting on the president\u2019s emergency appeal seeking to freeze foreign aid. The justices released the decision \u2014 against Trump \u2014 at 8:59 a.m. the next morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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