President Donald Trump and his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are pleading with the U.S. Supreme Court to find, on an expedited basis, that the commander-in-chief's International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs are lawful — or else place America back on the "brink" of economic "catastrophe."

Trump's personal attorney turned U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, in filings first spotted by Politico , urged the high court to fast-track the case, granting the administration's petition for a writ of certiorari as soon as Sept. 10 and ordering up "expedited consideration of the merits to the maximum extent feasible" — because even the V.O.S. Selections plaintiffs who have successfully challenged the tariffs up to now don't mind that schedule.

"Respondents have indicated that t

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