Supreme Court Doesn't Issue Trump Tariffs Ruling Friday [View all]

Source: Bloomberg

January 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM EST
Updated on January 9, 2026 at 10:29 AM EST


The US Supreme Court didn’t rule on challenges to President Donald Trump’s tariffs Friday, leaving markets in suspense on the fate of the administration’s signature economic policy.

The court hasn’t said when it will issue its next opinion but could schedule more releases in the next two weeks. The court issued its first opinion of the term on Friday.

Tariff-exposed stocks quickly fell in the absence of a ruling on tariffs.

Arguments on Nov. 5 suggested the court was skeptical that Trump had authority to impose the tariffs under a 1977 law that gives the president special powers during emergency situations.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/supreme-court-doesn-t-issue-trump-tariffs-ruling-friday

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I was monitoring and waiting and following SCOTUSBlog's live blogging and when the Mod announced just the one ruling (Bowe vs US) (basically "1 box" ), the blog had peaked at 10,000 watchers at that point, and there seemed to be a collective sigh (with others, including some proclaimed "media" ) a bit relieved, so that they could go do something else and get ready for the weekend). At that point, the site viewers dropped precipitously (one commenter said that it dropped to 100 ).