All Talk with Kevin Dietz

SCOTUS Strikes Down Trump Tariffs

Episode Summary

February 20, 2026 ~ To help unpack the legal significance of this ruling, Kevin welcomes Richard Friedman, the Alene and Allan F. Smith Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and a leading authority on evidence law and U.S. Supreme Court history. Friedman walks us through how the Court evaluated the Trump administration’s reliance on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) — the same law the administration used to justify tariffs that have now been struck down