Supreme Court declares Trump’s tariffs illegal, but America earns huge…you will be surprised to know the figures

New Delhi : US President Donald Trump has suffered the biggest legal setback so far on his ambitious trade policies. The Supreme Court of the country has declared the ‘tariff attack’ implemented by them as completely illegal. The 6-3 majority decision, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, made it clear that the President has no legal authority to impose such sweeping tariffs independently. After this order, clouds of crisis have started looming over Trump’s economic blueprint.

misuse of emergency powers

Let us tell you that the Supreme Court, while making a scathing comment in its order, said that Donald Trump resorted to the ‘International Emergency Economic Powers Act’ (IEEPA) of 1977 to impose tariffs, which was technically wrong. This law can be used only when there is a genuine national emergency in the country. The court made it clear that Trump used it for commercial gain without any crisis. The Chief Justice clarified that the President cannot be given unlimited powers to impose taxes.

US treasury gets a boost from tariffs

Even though the court has declared this move illegal, records show that Trump’s ‘tariff attack’ brought huge benefits to the American treasury. America received record revenue from tariffs during the year 2025. According to the data, this year’s revenue was in the range of approximately $195 billion to $217 billion. Since the President took office, there has been a huge surge in revenue through tariffs, which has surpassed many of the previous budget estimates.

Historical comparative data of revenue collection

If we look at the old records, we find that the earnings from tariffs in 2025 will destroy all the old records. In the year 2016 it was only 33 billion dollars and by 2024 it was at the level of 77 billion dollars. But after Trump’s aggressive stance, an unprecedented increase was recorded. According to the report, a huge amount of more than 175 billion dollars was collected under IEEPA alone, which provided a major boost to the government treasury.

Trump had imposed reciprocal tariff on April 2

On April 2, Trump had made a big announcement to impose ‘reciprocal tariffs’ on all the countries around the world as per his terms. This decision not only created a trade war situation at the international level, but also created tension in diplomatic relations. Trump’s main objective was to ensure trillions of dollars of additional income in the next decade. However, the latest decision of the court has dashed these hopes and has provided a big legal relief to global trading partners.

Economic agenda suffered a major blow

This tough decision of the Supreme Court has put the upcoming economic plans of the Trump administration in deep trouble. A large portion of the revenue that was coming from tariffs has now become illegal. Experts believe that this may have an adverse impact on the government’s spending ability and budget balance. This ambitious project of Trump has now become a victim of legal battle, due to which it will be mandatory to get the approval of Parliament regarding tariff policies in future.