Shipping containers at the Port of Miami in Miami, Fla., on Aug. 7, 2025. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
A U.S. appeals court ruled Aug. 29 that most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are illegal, saying that he exceeded his authority, but the judges let the import taxes stay in place while allowing the case to be sent back to a lower court.
In a 7-4 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Trump’s reciprocal tariffs unveiled in April are mostly illegal.
