The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against President Trump’s use of tariffs revealed the best of the court — and the worst in Trump. The decision will have far-reaching implications. Here are five.
- The decision was a victory for the U.S. Constitution.
- The three dissenting conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Smauel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh — got it wrong for all the wrong reasons.
- The challenge of returning the tariffs collected under the law was not a justification for supporting the administration’s actions.
- Trump’s press conference in response to the ruling was an embarrassment for him, not for the six justices who ruled against him.
- Trump quickly imposed 10 percent tariffs across the board under a different law, referred to as Section 122, and then raised them to 15 percent.