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Cato Weekly Podcast • November 11, 2025 

# The Supreme Court’s $300 Billion Tariff Showdown 

Can a president tax Americans at will under the guise of a national emergency? The Cato Institute’s Scott Lincicome and Brent Skorup dissect the high-stakes Supreme Court battle over Trump’s “fentanyl tariffs,” the broadest assertion of trade power in modern U.S. history. They explore how the case could reshape executive authority, revive dormant constitutional doctrines, and determine whether Congress or the White House truly controls U.S. trade policy.

#### Show Notes 

[![tariffs](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-03/tariffs.jpg?itok=H7QV-RVI)](https://www.cato.org/blog/emergency-tariff-refunds-theres-easy-way-very-hard-way) 

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### [On “Emergency” Tariff Refunds: There’s an Easy Way and a (Very) Hard Way](/blog/emergency-tariff-refunds-theres-easy-way-very-hard-way) 

By [Scott Lincicome](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-lincicome) 

We don’t know how the Court will rule in this case. If refunds do become a giant and controversial headache, however, we all should know that they didn’t have to be.

[![globalization](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2023-11/globalization%205.jpg?itok=HNmagEOp)](https://www.cato.org/blog/why-three-cato-trade-scholars-filed-amicus-brief-us-supreme-court) 

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### [Why Are Cato Trade Scholars Writing to the Supreme Court?](/blog/why-three-cato-trade-scholars-filed-amicus-brief-us-supreme-court) 

By [Scott Lincicome](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-lincicome) 

President Trump and his administration have made fantastical claims in both legal filings and in public about supposed calamities that would befall the nation’s economy and foreign policy if the Court were to strike down the president’s ability to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

[![trade policy - ships](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-07/GettyImages-591986620.jpeg?itok=VBeFXRu_)](https://www.cato.org/commentary/striking-down-tariffs-wont-hurt-anybody) 

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### [Striking Down the Tariffs Won’t Hurt Anybody](/commentary/striking-down-tariffs-wont-hurt-anybody) 

By [Scott Lincicome](https://www.cato.org/people/scott-lincicome) 

The Supreme Court will not devastate the economy or the budget by obeying the Constitution.

[![tariffs](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-03/tariffs.jpg?itok=H7QV-RVI)](https://www.cato.org/legal-briefs/trump-v-vos-selections-learning-resources-v-trump) 

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### [*Trump v. V.O.S. Selections*; *Learning Resources v. Trump*](/legal-briefs/trump-v-vos-selections-learning-resources-v-trump) 

By [Thomas A. Berry](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-berry) and [Brent Skorup](https://www.cato.org/people/brent-skorup) 

For decades, presidents have used IEEPA to impose economic sanctions on nations or individuals. But this is the first time a President has invoked IEEPA to impose tariffs.

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##### [Scott Lincicome](/people/scott-lincicome)

Vice President, General Economics and Stiefel Trade Policy Center, Cato Institute

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##### [Brent Skorup](/people/brent-skorup)

Former Legal Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies