Trump’s lawyers just inadvertently admitted that his tariffs are illegal

President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Trump administration formally asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening to decide whether President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy is lawful. Two federal courts, and a total of 10 federal judges, have all concluded that it is not. The remarkable thing about Trump’s petition asking the justices to take up this case, which is known as Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, it that it opens with a long list of factual claims t