Chief Justice John Roberts brought the drama Friday as he ascended the courtroom bench to declare — at long last — President Donald Trump’s tariffs unlawful.

After the Supreme Court struck down key parts of his tariff policy, Donald Trump greeted Chief Justice John Roberts and other justices at the State of the Union before unveiling a new 15% global tariff strategy under Section 122.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -John Roberts was not supposed to be the U.S. chief justice. When President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005, it was as one of the nine-member body's eight associate justices. But when then-Chief Justice ...

In a 6–3 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court held that IEEPA does not grant the president authority to impose tariffs. The ruling struck down the tariffs at issue in the case.

A legal scholar on Friday zeroed in on Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s sweeping tariff ruling, saying it stood out not just for its shaky legal footing but for how closely it mirrored the government’s arguments.

Trump increased the rate of a new global tariff to 15 percent, vowing to work around the ruling that invalidated his emergency tariffs.