The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration's request to hear its appeal of lower court rulings that many of President Donald Trump 's wide-ranging tariffs are illegal.

The Supreme Court also agreed with the administration's request to consider the appeal on a faster-than-normal timeline.

The court, in an order, said it would hear oral arguments in the first week of November. It allotted one hour for that session.

The court consolidated two separate cases in which plaintiffs – seven small businesses and a dozen states — have successfully challenged the legality of the tariffs at issue.

The Trump administration, in asking for the expedited appeal in one of the cases, has warned that the Treasury Department could be forced to refund between $750 billion and

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