US supreme court sets date to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs

<p>Hearing on 5 November sets up major test of the president’s use of executive power to drive his economic agenda</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-supreme-court">US supreme court</a> will hear oral arguments on the legality of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump’s</a> sweeping global tariffs on 5 November, a crucial hearing on the president’s aggressive economic agenda.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/trump-supreme-court-tariffs">court announced earlier this month</a> that it would hear the case after a lower appeals court ruled that the US president had overstepped his authority by using a federal law meant for emergencies to impose most of his broad <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-tariffs">tariffs</a> on the world.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/18/supreme-court-trump-tariffs">Continue reading...</a>