by Kelly Geraldine Malone
WASHINGTON — A United States federal appeals court ruled on Friday that many of U.S President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal — but it allowed for the levies to remain in place as the case makes its way to the Supreme Court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and his fentanyl-related duties exceeded the powers of the national security statute he used to impose the levies.
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“It seems unlikely that Congress intended to … grant the President unlimited authority to