Donald Trump moves in front of Supreme Court in the dispute over tariffs

In the question of the far-reaching tariffs on imports, US President Donald Trump switched on the Supreme Court. His government submitted an objection to the Supreme Court on Wednesday (local time) and an application for an accelerated procedure, as US media, including the “New York Times” and the broadcaster NBC, reported with reference to the court documents.

The accelerated procedure is asking the US Court of Justice to communicate by September 10, whether it will take care of the question and then quickly establish legal certainty.

According to the US broadcaster NBC News, the objection refers to tariffs for products from China and some goods from Canada, China and Mexico.

Previously, an Appeal Trump had denied the authority to impose extensive tariffs on import products on the basis of an emergency law. However, the court decision should not come into force before October 14th, which Trump gave time to contest it. The tariffs continue to apply at least until then. Trump has reason to hope that the judges of the Supreme Court, who moved to the right during his first term, will decide in his sense.

Trump had used a law from 1977 for its far -reaching tariffs on many products from abroad. This states that a president can issue decrees in the event of a crisis without the congress being called. However, tariffs were a core competence of the US parliament, the Court of Appeal had illustrated. The judges had primarily complained about Trump’s legal reasoning, but also first missed a dampers to his aggressive trade policy.