Bloomberg reported that on October 15 local time, U.S. President Trump said he might personally go to the Supreme Court to attend the oral arguments on whether most of his tariff measures comply with the law.

On that day, Trump told the media in the Oval Office: "I think I will go to the Supreme Court to attend the trial. I have never done this before, even though I have had some quite significant cases. I think it is one of the most important cases in history, because if we lose, we will have no defense when facing the world."

On October 15 local time, the U.S. President held a press conference in the Oval Office. AFP

On November 5 local time, the Supreme Court will hold a hearing on whether the import tariffs imposed by Trump, which affect trillions of dollars in international trade, are legal.

Trump stated that the basis for implementing these tariffs is the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, a law that grants the president a series of tools to deal with emergencies in the areas of national security, foreign policy, and the economy.

On August 29 local time, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 7 to 4 that the law did not authorize the president to implement such a wide range of tariff measures.

"The act grants the president significant powers to take various actions after declaring a national emergency, but none of these actions explicitly include the power to impose tariffs, tariff-like fees, or taxes," the appellate court stated in its judgment. The ruling upheld the previous decision of the U.S. International Trade Court.

Chris Kennedy, an analyst at Bloomberg Economics, pointed out that if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the lower court's ruling, it could reduce the U.S. average effective tariff rate of 16.3% by at least half, and may also force the U.S. to refund hundreds of billions of dollars, and some preliminary trade agreements that Trump had reached with certain countries could be overturned.

The report noted that if Trump attends the hearing, it would be an "unusual" scene. Although past U.S. presidents have visited the Supreme Court for events such as the swearing-in of justices, it is extremely rare for them to personally attend during oral arguments.

Previously, when the Supreme Court was reviewing the issue of whether Trump had presidential immunity for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, he also said he planned to attend. In the end, he chose to hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago and did not go. In 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump has a presumption of immunity for his official acts.

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