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GOP rests hopes on Supreme Court over tariffs

GOP lawmakers are quietly hoping the Supreme Court will hit the brakes on President Trump’s trade war, which has become a growing political liability for the party.

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Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs against dozens of countries face new legal challenges after several businesses sued the administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade and a federal district court in Florida.

Most of those tariffs are on hold for a 90-day period to allow countries to negotiate with the Trump administration. China is the big exception. Many of its products now face tariffs at 145 percent.

Some Republican lawmakers, who privately oppose Trump’s tariffs but are afraid of criticizing the president publicly, hope the Supreme Court will ultimately curb Trump’s tariff authority.

“Members would love to have the courts bail them out and basically step in and assert the authority under the Constitution that taxes are supposed to originate in the House of Representatives,” said Brian Darling, a GOP strategist and former Senate GOP aide.

Jeffrey M. Schwab, senior counsel for the Liberty Justice Center, which has filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs on behalf of U.S. businesses that import goods from the countries targeted by the levies, said the case is likely to reach the Supreme Court unless Trump reverses course.

The Hill’s Alex Bolton has more here.

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