During a press briefing at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump escalated his public conflict with the U.S. judiciary after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of his global tariff program, branding the justices who ruled against him "unpatriotic and disloyal" and attacking the court's majority as influenced by partisan and foreign interests.
The 6-3 decision, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by five other justices, held that Trump lacked constitutional authority to impose sweeping tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The ruling agreed with lower court findings that IEEPA does not confer the power to levy tariffs without clear congressional authorization, a point the majority tied to the Constitution's separation of powers.
