Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates December 2025 No. 9 Vol. 28
Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Richard Neal (D-Mass.) et al., Amici Curiae

Trump's Tariffs

Federal Law and Presidential Trade Power

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Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Richard Neal (D-Mass.) et al., Amici Curiae

Reps. Raskin and Neal are joined in this brief by 205 Democratic and Republican members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The following is excerpted from the Amici Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 23, 2025. The Federal Circuit, Court of International Trade and District Court for the District of Columbia all reached the same correct conclusion: The president’s imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is unlawful. Only Congress has the power to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,” and to “regulate Commerce with…

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