Newsom Demands Tariff Refunds After Court Curbs Trump Power (1)

California Governor Gavin Newsom urged President Donald Trump to return billions of dollars collected under sweeping US tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled that the global duties were imposed illegally.

In a 6-3 ruling on Friday, the court found that Trump exceeded his authority when using emergency powers to impose so-called “reciprocal” tariffs without approval from Congress. The ruling said federal law doesn’t give the president unilateral power to impose such wide-ranging tariffs.

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“Time to pay the piper, Donald,” Newsom said in a statement. “These tariffs were nothing more than an illegal cash grab that drove up prices and ...