Why a Supreme Court loss on IEEPA won’t derail President Trump’s tariffs

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 2, 2025.
As the U.S. Supreme Court wraps up oral arguments in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and a companion case, the fate of President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs hangs in the balance. Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977, Trump imposed baseline duties of 10% on imports from nearly every