US Supreme Court rules most of Trumps tariffs are illegal

The US Supreme Court has ruled against most of Donald Trump’s global tariffs – one of the White House’s main priorities.

Finally, SCOTUS reaffirms what we’ve known all along, Trump’s tariffs are an unconstitutional tax on the American people.

Over the last year, working people paid an average of $1,000 more because of these tariffs. And Trump has no plan to put that money back in your wallet.… pic.twitter.com/zUa9nLQZHK

— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) February 20, 2026

The ruling won 6-3. It states that Trump cannot use the excuse of a national emergency to legally impose sweeping, country-specific import taxes.

It immediately invalidates the broad tariffs that Trump imposed last year on nearly all imports. This included so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on many countries, and many additional levies which Trump claimed were due to the fentanyl crisis.

A loss for Trump is a win for working Americans

Remember when Trump lied (yes, again!) to the American people and said it would be exporters who paid the tariffs, not US citizens?

Instead, the tariffs quickly screwed over working people and small businesses.

Wait. I thought we were told time after time the exporting country paid the tariff. Could he have been lying??? pic.twitter.com/ML9kIvUUr1

— Lee Finishen 🇨🇦 (@5150Inprogress) February 20, 2026

There is no doubt that this ruling is a win for the American people. Cue a Truth Social meltdown in 3,2,1…

This is a win for working Americans.

The folks struggling to put food on the table.⁰The small business owners trying to keep their doors open.⁰The farmers caught in the middle of reckless trade wars.

Trump promised to lower costs on day one — yet his reckless, illegal tariffs… https://t.co/8PzCNR8XQq

— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) February 20, 2026

Of course, the House of Representatives should impeach Mr Tangerine, then throw him into a prison cell to rot with the rest of his nonce pals.

The world is healing.

Impeach next https://t.co/0VoHx9nT0O

— wei2high (@wei2high) February 20, 2026

The ruling could also be good for the Democrats as we approach the midterm elections in November.

This Supreme court ruling shakes things up for the midterms.

Trump can’t lean on tariffs as a big win, and Democrats will now have something new to criticize.

This might weakens a key message in his midterm campaign.

— Mimi (@Mimi_yakigar) February 20, 2026

However, Trump is already attempting to repress that vote using voter ID.

“there will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!”

Trump’s authoritarian takeover and interference in the midterm elections under the guise of “election integrity” has begun. pic.twitter.com/FHYYKQ3u3h

— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) February 13, 2026

He has also threatened to deploy his masked ICE goons to disrupt voting – talk about a dictatorship.

Trump doesn’t like being told no – by anyone, let alone the legal system. Before the judgment, Trump said, “We’ll figure something out”. Of course, he will have no intention of following the ruling. When has he ever followed the law? He’s been accused of being a child rapist and is named thousands of times in the Epstein files. He’s hardly going to care about a few import taxes.

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