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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs on Friday.

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The 6-3 decision strikes down tariffs imposed under the emergency powers law, which also includes reciprocal tariffs that Trump imposed on just about every country in the world.

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Justices John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson were the majority vote.

The majority found that the Constitution “very clearly” gives Congress the power to impose taxes, which include tariffs.

“The Framers did not vest any part of the taxing power in the Executive Branch,” Roberts wrote.

Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

“The tariffs at issue here may or may not be wise policy. But as a matter of text, history, and precedent, they are clearly lawful,” Kavanaugh wrote in the dissent.

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Friday’s rejection is the first major piece of Trump’s agenda to come before the Supreme Court, which the president himself helped shape with three conservative members during his first term.

Decision doesn’t stop levying duties

Friday’s Supreme Court ruling doesn’t stop Trump from imposing duties under other laws.

While those have more limitations on the speed and severity of the president’s actions, administration officials expect to keep the tariff framework in place under other authorities.

The ruling comes despite a series of short-term wins on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket that have allowed Trump to flex his executive power on issues that range from high-profile firings to funding cuts at a federal level.

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Trump has been vocal about the case, stating anyone ruling against him would be an economic blow to the U.S. Polling has found tariffs aren’t popular with the general public amid wider concern about affordability.

Congress has the power to levy tariffs thanks to the Constitution. However, the Trump administration cites a 1977 law that allows the president to regulate importation during an emergency, which also allows him to set tariffs.

Past presidents have used the law to impose sanctions, but Trump is the first to invoke it for import taxes.

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$133M collected from tariffs

In April 25, Trump imposed what he deemed reciprocal tariffs on most countries in response to trade deficits he said were a national emergency. Those tariffs came after he levied taxes on Canada, China and Mexico to address what he deemed a drug trafficking emergency.

The impact on the economy because of Trump’s tariffs is estimated at $3 trillion of the next 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office stated.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has collected more than $133 million from tariffs Trump imposed under the emergency powers law, according to federal data in December.

– With files from The Associated Press

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