Where is the Supreme Court decision on Trump tariffs ?

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President Trump warned Denmark and seven other countries they would be hit with 25% tariffs if they didn't relent on the Greenland issue.

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President Trump backed away from the threatened 25% tariffs on Denmark and other countries as a result of the political blowback over Greenland.

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The Supreme Court agreed last September to hear a dispute over President Trump's tariffs on foreign goods.

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The Supreme Court's agreement to expedite the case followed the administration's argument that time was of the essence.

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The Supreme Court imposed a fast-track briefing schedule for the tariff case.

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The Supreme Court held oral arguments in the tariff case on November 5.

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Trump announced on Monday an increase in tariffs on goods from South Korea, from 15% to 25%.

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The nine Supreme Court justices have begun a recess.

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The justices are next scheduled to take the bench and possibly issue opinions on February 20.

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Lawyers involved in the tariff case have advised their clients to be patient.

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Oliver Dunford is a Pacific Legal Foundation attorney who filed a "friend of the court" brief on behalf of Princess Awesome children's clothing and other small US businesses.

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Dunford, like many lawyers involved in the case, had thought the ruling might have come by now.

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The news media had also thought the ruling might have come by now.

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Throughout January, the financial press ran weekly stories about the delayed ruling, with headlines including "No Ruling on Trump Tariffs," "Supreme Court Doesn't Rule on Tariffs," and "Is Trump Tariff Supreme Court Ruling Today?"

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Trump's emergency tariffs are generating tens of billions of dollars for the US Treasury each month.

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Trump has asserted tariff authority under a 1977 law intended for international economic emergencies.

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Last year, the Supreme Court swiftly heard arguments and resolved a dispute over a federal law that required Chinese divestment of TikTok.

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The TikTok ruling was handed down two days before the law's January 19 closing date.

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No imminent deadline exists for the Supreme Court's tariff decision.

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The justices have allowed Trump to continue collecting the tariffs while the legal battle plays out.

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June is when the court usually wraps up all opinions heard in an annual session.

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Neal Katyal is a lawyer for the challengers in the tariff case.

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The November 5 argument session lasted nearly three hours.

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In the past, Roberts has kept the most important cases for himself to write.

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Discussion in the conference room is secret.

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The drafting of opinions is secret.

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Finished drafts are circulated among all justices, prompting a flurry of memos in response.

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Justices on the side of an author may ask for some modification.

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The author writing for the majority needs to hold onto at least five votes, for a majority.

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Roberts put forth arguments in both directions during oral arguments.

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Roberts observed that the high court had so far declined to block the tariffs.

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Lower court judges had declared the tariffs unlawful.

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The 1977 law at the heart of the case, the IEEPA, authorizes the president to "regulate ... importation" of goods in a national emergency arising from an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the US.

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The law has previously been used to impose economic penalties.

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The law has never been used for tariffs.

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D. John Sauer is the US Solicitor General who was defending Trump's actions.

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President Trump addressed legal challenges to his tariff policies during a campaign-style stop in Clive, Iowa.

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Lower US courts have declared President Trump's sweeping tariff regime illegal.

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The Supreme Court issued three rulings on January 20.

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The Supreme Court's January 20 rulings did not decide the case challenging the legality of Trump's global tariff policy.

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The Supreme Court gave no indication of when it might next take up the dispute over Trump's global tariff policy.

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The Supreme Court maintains a general practice of not announcing in advance which decisions will be delivered on a given day.

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Lower US courts have already questioned the legality of Trump's sweeping tariff measures.

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On January 20, the US Supreme Court issued three rulings.

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The U.S. Supreme Court granted an unusually quick (expedited) hearing on President Trump's tariffs case.

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As of the article's writing, nearly three months had elapsed since oral arguments in the Supreme Court's Trump tariffs case.

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As of the article's writing, the Supreme Court was not scheduled to meet in public again for more than three weeks.

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Several of the nine Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about the legality of Trump's tariffs during oral arguments in November.

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Several Supreme Court practitioners and law professors dismissed the idea that the justices are deliberately delaying an uncomfortable ruling against Trump on the tariffs case.

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Carter Phillips, a lawyer, has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court 91 times.

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The Supreme Court issued two opinions the week before the article's publication, in cases that had been argued in October.

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All nine Supreme Court justices agreed with the outcome in the two October-argued cases decided the week before the article's publication.

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The Supreme Court's first argued case of the current term was not decided until January.

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Typically, the Supreme Court's first decision in an argued case each term is issued in December, if not November.

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According to data gathered by Adam Feldman, creator of Empirical SCOTUS, the average turnaround time for a Supreme Court opinion over the last 20 years was just over three months.

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The average turnaround timeline for Supreme Court opinions has increased in recent years.

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The Supreme Court's Bush v. Gore case, which effectively decided the 2000 U.S. presidential election, was decided in just over a day.

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The Supreme Court's recent case over TikTok was decided in seven days.

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Gundy v. U.S., a Supreme Court case argued in 2018 about administration of the sex offender registry, took more than eight months to be decided.

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The Supreme Court's major decisions expanding gun rights, overturning Roe v. Wade, and ending affirmative action in college admissions were each handed down six to eight months after their respective cases were argued.

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The Supreme Court has not yet decided a second major, expedited case concerning redistricting in Louisiana and the future of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

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As the Supreme Court weighs the tariffs case, President Trump continues to invoke the threat of tariffs, extol their virtues, and refer to the case as the court's most important case.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has nine justices.

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The Supreme Court is generally moving more slowly than usual on argued cases this term.

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Marc Busch is an expert on international trade policy and law at Georgetown University.

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As of the article's writing, roughly three months after the Court's unusually quickly scheduled oral arguments, the Supreme Court had not yet ruled on Trump's tariffs case.

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While the Supreme Court weighs the tariffs case, President Trump continues to invoke the threat of tariffs.

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While the Supreme Court weighs the tariffs case, President Trump continues to extol the virtues of tariffs.

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When Supreme Court justices unanimously agree on an outcome, decisions are typically issued relatively quickly.

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The Supreme Court can move quickly to decide cases, especially those with hard external deadlines.

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When Supreme Court justices are not constrained by hard external deadlines, cases can take much longer to resolve.

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The Supreme Court's Bush v. Gore case effectively decided the outcome of the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

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The Supreme Court decided the Bush v. Gore case in just over a day after it was argued.

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Gundy v. U.S. was a Supreme Court case argued in 2018 about how the sex offender registry is administered.

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The Supreme Court took more than eight months to decide Gundy v. U.S.

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Jonathan Adler is a law professor at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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President Trump refers to the tariffs case as the Supreme Court's most important case.

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As the Supreme Court weighs the tariffs case, Trump continues to invoke the threat of tariffs and extol their virtues.

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Adam Feldman is the creator of Empirical SCOTUS.

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Trump's lawyers pointed to a statement from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the tariffs case.

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