Learning Resources v. Trump

The case, argued on November 5, 2025, concerns the question of whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 “authorizes the President to impose tariffs.” On February 20, 2026, in a majority opinion written by Chief Justice…

…rulings in a consolidated case, Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump. During oral arguments before the Court on November 5, 2025, some justices suggested that Trump’s use of the IEEPA amounted to a violation of the Court’s “major questions” doctrine—the notion that a federal law cannot be interpreted to delegate vast…

…banning gender-affirming medical care; and Learning Resources v. Trump (2026), which held that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 does not give the president the power “to unilaterally impose unbounded tariffs.”

Learning Resources v. Trump 2026 Affirmed a lower court’s finding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 did not authorize Pres. Donald Trump to impose tariffs at his own behest and on nearly every other country and that his use of the…

…challenged in a consolidated case, Learning Resources v. Trump, argued before the Supreme Court on November 5, 2025. On February 20, 2026, the Court ruled (6–3) that the federal law that Trump had cited as the legitimate basis of his tariff orders, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of…