Hundreds of small American flags on the lawn of and a photo of U.S. President Donald Trump on the facade of the U.S. Department of Labor building seen on August 29, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
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Trump criticized the decision on Truth Social, calling in "highly partisan."
In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., ruled on Friday, August 29th, that most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are “illegal.”
The court allowed the tariffs to remain in place through October 14th to give the Trump administration a chance to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump criticized the decision on Truth Social, calling in “highly partisan,” adding “If these Tariffs ever went away, it would be a total disaster for the Country.” The president declared that the tariffs will eventually remain in place “with the help of the Supreme Court.”
At the end of May, the White House successfully appealed a lower court ruling against the tariffs, with a federal court agreeing to the temporary suspension of a an order from the U.S. Court of International Trade on Thursday, May 29th, which ruled that the President did not legally have the power to impose emergency tariffs.
The U.S. administration has rightly argued that “The political branches, not courts, make foreign policy and chart economic policy.”
