This Thursday, a trial that will determine the fate of Trump's trade policy is about to unfold! A federal appeals court will face the mad question: Can the President of the United States truly impose tariffs globally at will, as if wielding a scepter?
The legal bomb has exploded at our feet.
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), upon which the Trump administration relies, is under unprecedented fire. Ted Murphy, head of global trade at a major law firm, bluntly stated: "These tariffs hang by a thread! IEEPA has never been so abused in the past 50 years; this unchecked expansion is simply absurd!"
Even more shocking, the lawyers representing small businesses suing Trump presented ironclad evidence: "There isn't even a shadow of the word 'tariff' in IEEPA! No president in history has dared to so misinterpret the law!" Yet Trump shamelessly claims that Congress has long authorized him to wield the tariff stick to address so-called "national concerns"—this greedy interpretation of power is chilling.
Is the collapse of the trade empire imminent?
Analysts at Piper Sandler have issued a harsh warning: "Trump is very likely to continue to suffer defeats in lower courts! The Supreme Court will not rescue him!" If this prediction comes true, Trump's carefully constructed trade empire will instantly turn to ruins: those trade agreements he touts as major achievements, the flood of new tariff threat letters, the current 10% minimum tax rate, and even his advocated "reciprocal tariffs" will all be burned to ashes by the fire of law.
Ironically, while the White House claims to "legitimately use the powers granted by the Constitution," it cannot confirm whether its core weapon—the tariff threat letters sent to the leaders of 25 countries and the latest trade agreements—truly rely on IEEPA. The only instance clearly acknowledged to depend on this law is Trump's 50% punitive tariff on Brazil due to personal grievances! The president actually uses the national tariff weapon as a club for personal revenge, how insane!
Supreme Court: The final life-or-death casino!
Regardless of the outcome this week, this fierce battle is destined to reach the Supreme Court. There sit three justices personally appointed by Trump, forming a 6:3 conservative majority. But don't think Trump has it in the bag! Legal experts are sensing danger—the president's power is breaking free from Congress's reins like a wild horse; will the justices really allow him to become the tariff emperor?
Even more frightening, national courts have launched a campaign against Trump's tariffs! Judge Contreras in Washington, D.C. harshly criticized: IEEPA does not allow the president to unilaterally impose tariffs! The California government and the Blackfeet Nation in Montana have joined the fight, with multiple lawsuits hanging like swords overhead. At least three cases in the International Trade Court are poised to strike as soon as this week's ruling is made.
Trump sits on the brink of an erupting legal volcano. His tariff throne is already riddled with cracks. When the Supreme Court ultimately examines this blatant power expansion, will those justices he personally appointed truly bury him alongside his "dream of a trade empire"? When the president declares himself the god of tariffs, who can still shackle him with the law?