Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Trump's Steel Tariffs
- High court makes no comment in rejecting trade group’s appeal
- Steel-industry group asked justices to bypass appeals court
Workers prepare to lift bundles of steel pipe with a crane at a stockyard on the outskirts of Shanghai, China.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to question President Donald Trump’s imposition of more than $4 billion in steel tariffs, turning away an appeal that challenged his use of national security as the legal justification for his trade agenda.
The appeal by a steel industry trade group and two of its members contended that the provision Trump invoked, known as Section 232, gives the president such broad discretion to impose tariffs on national security grounds that it violates the Constitution. The Supreme Court made no comment in refusing to hear the case.