The Dictatorship
Supreme Court declines to fast-track consideration of a speedy challenge to Trump’s tariffs
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to fast-track its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, though this isn’t the final word on whether or when the court might review the crucial issue.
The appeal came from toy companies whose lawyers asked the justices on Tuesday to let them leapfrog the normal appellate process for speedier consideration. Seeking quick review at the high court, they cited the tariffs’ “massive impact on virtually every business and consumer across the Nation,” as well as what they called the “unremitting whiplash caused by the unfettered tariffing power the President claims.”
The companies filed their petition for the justices to review the matter “before judgment,” meaning bypassing intermediate appellate review. They also simultaneously filed a motion for the court to expedite its consideration of whether to take up the speedy petition. It’s the latter motion that the court rejected Fridaywhich still leaves open the possibility of reviewing the issue on a less expedited time frame in the future.
The Trump administration, which has sought emergency relief from the justices on an array of issues, called the companies’ request “unwarranted” and said they “have not justified such a stark departure from established practice.”
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Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro,” a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined BLN, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.