"A ruling that stopped FDR from grabbing more power from Congress at the height of the New Deal is now on the chopping block - because Trump wants to do the same thing FDR was trying to do. Trump's Justice Department is also trying to convince the high court's six conservative justices that the principles they invoked to block President Biden's biggest executive actions do not apply to Trump's."
"How it works: The Supreme Court has said the executive branch cannot enact "major" policies - defined as programs that have "vast economic and political significance" - without explicit authorization from Congress. Because Trump's tariffs apply to almost every country, are indefinite, and can be as high or low as Trump wants them to be, they're significant enough to trigger the major questions doctrine, companies challenging the tariffs argue."
The Supreme Court will hear three major Trump-related cases at the start of its new term: challenges to his tariffs, his firing of a Federal Trade Commission member, and his attempt to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook. The Justice Department is arguing that legal principles used to block some of President Biden's executive actions should not constrain Trump's actions. A federal appeals court found Trump's tariffs likely violate the major questions doctrine, which bars the executive from enacting policies of vast economic and political significance without explicit congressional authorization. Trump has previously won numerous temporary rulings on the court's shadow docket, but these cases will reach full merits review.
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