Supreme Court puts Trump economic agenda in limbo

The Supreme Court is holding Trump's entire economic agenda in a state of limbo, taking its good sweet time in reviewing the legality of Trump's tariffs, inflicting incredible harm on the American economy with each passing — and wasted — week.

This is no ordinary case. The objections the plaintiff raises to Trump's tariff deals could cripple the entire economic agenda of the Administration. By waiting to issue a decision, the Court is casting world trade, and America's economic policy into a purgatory while it evaluates arguments against them.

The fact that all agree that current law gives Trump the power to embargo trade with other countries, cutting their imports to the U.S. to zero but waits to see if tariffs, a far less drastic remedy, are legal shows how absurd the plaintiff's arguments are. The fact that the words "tariff" or "duties" are not specifically enumerated in Trump's tariffs is a picayune objection and should not be allowed to stall the president's economic agenda.

Specifically, the president has called for using tariff revenue to offer a rebate to all families. But with the Court holding up everything while it Talmudically weighs the word "tariff" to see if it is subject to emergency presidential powers is judicial interference of the highest order.

The president is seeking major change in our economic relationship with the rest of the world and the separation-of-powers doctrine should let him do so. The Court should get out of the way.

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Dick Morris, who served as adviser to former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and former President Clinton, is the author of 16 books, including his latest, Screwed and Here Come the Black Helicopters.