Congressional members applaud tariffs ruling

(The Center Square) - Members of Congress from the Southwest on Friday voiced bipartisan support for the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling against President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The justices said the power to set and change tariffs belongs to Congress, not the president. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, who voted to overturn Trump’s tariffs on Canada, said checks and balances are the foundation of American government. He added that the nation's founders understood the tendency for each branch to test the limits of its authority in pursuit of even well-intentioned policy goals. “Their ingenious solution was a dynamic power-sharing arrangement, a give-and-take among the branches, that would preserve the constitutional design over time,” Kiley told The Center Square. “Last week’s vote by Congress and today’s Supreme Court decision represent precisely that give-and-take envisioned by the founders.” Kiley said he looks forward to w