(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump lashed out Friday night after a federal appeals court said he didn't have the power to issue the sweeping tariffs central to his economic agenda.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that invalidated the tariffs. Still, it said the highest import duties in nearly a century could remain in place while the administration appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a 7-4 decision, the court said tariff power rests with Congress, not the president. It also found that the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act didn't grant the president such authority.

The court said Trump's tariffs on all U.S. trading partners went "beyond the authority delegated to the President by IEEPA."

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