So, can companies begin suing the government? This seems like the only way. There’s no wiggling out of this, no? Unless the administration can re-appeal …
The legal system is crazy.
The legal system is crazy.
> The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate through October 14, 2025, during which the parties may file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. If, within that period, any party notifies the Clerk in writing that it has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, the Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate pending (1) the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari or (2) a judgment of the Supreme Court if certiorari is granted. While the issuance of the mandate is withheld, the United States Court of International Trade shall take no further action in this case.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cafc.23...
Edited to remove hyphens that copied in from the PDF source.
If SCOTUS does decide tariffs are illegal (which they are, objectively, irrefutably illegal for the POTUS to declare - Congress is explicitly the only branch with this power in the constitution), the US may owe hundreds of billions back to countless organizations and individuals.
But we live in a country without consistent law or a reason-based government, so SCOTUS may just declare that the executive has absolute authority instead.