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Justices heard oral arguments on their legality, in two consolidated cases 鈥 one brought by small businesses, one by Democrat-led states. The challengers argued that the tariffs represent an unlawful tax and would endow the president with economic power that the Constitution grants only to Congress. During the nearly three-hour argument, the justices seemed divided over how to interpret the law at issue and what the case could mean for the separation of powers.
