The case before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding President Donald Trump’s invocation of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for his power to impose tariffs is clear: There is no national emergency regarding trade deficits and drug trafficking to invoke IEEPA. It does not give him power to impose tariffs.

Tariffs are taxes that generate revenue. That power belongs to Congress.

But on Wednesday, the justices spent two and half hours delving into what was a noun, verb, the text, and context of the act. And precedents, such as FEA v. Algonquin (1976), when the conservative majority has argued that precedents don’t matter.

It should be clear to everyone that, after their immunity ruling, conservatives on the court are looking for a way to appease Trump without comple

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