Trump's tariffs face court and voter scrutiny

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump's new global import taxes are facing mounting backlash from price-conscious voters and legal challenges in a Manhattan trade court that could ultimately return to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Court of International Trade gave the federal government less than a month to respond to the two lawsuits challenging Trump's global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. Trump used the alternative law to impose a 10% global import duty hours after the U.S. Supreme Court in February struck down the tariffs the president imposed under a 1977 law in a tariff regime announced in April 2025. Trump said the new global tariff will climb to 15%. The law has never been used before, so it has not been tested in the courts. The Trump administration says the law allows the president to levy tariffs of up to 15% for up to 150 days to address significant international payment issues. At the same time,