Gov. Newsom demands refund checks for Americans after SCOTUS strikes down Trump's tariffs

Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding contiguous tariff refund checks for Americans aft the Supreme Court ruled that astir of President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal.

Trump says helium volition usage a antithetic authorization to proceed the tariffs. He says they brought successful billions successful revenue, but, successful a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said the president did not decently usage his exigency powers. On Friday, helium called the Supreme Court's determination a disgrace.

"How ridiculous is that? I'm allowed to embargo them. I'm allowed to archer them, 'You can't bash concern successful the United States anymore. We privation you retired of here.' But if I privation to complaint them $10, I can't bash that," Trump said.

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Trump's tariffs were challenged by a radical of states, including California, and tiny concern owners, who argued successful beforehand of the precocious tribunal successful November.

"There's thing successful the International Economic Emergencies Power Act that gives the President of the United States unilateral authorization to enforce a taxation summation connected ranchers, connected farmers, connected tiny businesses, connected you and me. Donald Trump should instrumentality that wealth immediately. He has an obligation," Newsom said.

In a property release, Newsom's bureau elaborated, calling connected the Trump medication to "immediately contented refund checks - with involvement - to American families and businesses aft the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs were illegal."

"Time to wage the piper, Donald. These tariffs were thing much than an amerciable currency drawback that drove up prices and wounded moving families, truthful you could wreck longstanding alliances and extort them. Every dollar unlawfully taken indispensable beryllium refunded instantly - with interest. Cough up!" Newsom wrote.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote successful the bulk sentiment that the president did not person the authorization nether the Emergency Powers Act to enforce tariffs without support from Congress.

In a dissent, Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with Trump, penning that helium disagrees with the court's opinion, adding helium believes Trump whitethorn find different mode to enforce tariffs.

Trump announced his program to bash conscionable that done a antithetic statute -- a new, 10% planetary tariff nether a antithetic commercialized law.

"Today, I volition motion an bid to enforce a 10% planetary tariff nether conception 122, implicit and supra our mean tariffs already being charged, Trump said.

State officials accidental they're reviewing whether that determination could besides look ineligible challenges.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta - who helped pb the ineligible situation - says the adjacent measurement is astir accountability.

"The adjacent due question present is, 'How exactly, and however accelerated bash the businesses that were harmed get their refunds?'" Bonta said.

If the national authorities does not voluntarily contented checks and businesses question repayment, this could crook into a years-long ineligible battle.

"He [Trump] treated them illegally. He made them wage wealth that they shouldn't person had to pay, took wealth retired of their pocket, and now, helium should springiness it back," Bonta told Eyewitness News.

In its ruling, the Supreme Court offered nary clarity connected what to bash with the wealth the medication has already collected from the tariffs -- astir $134 billion. That determination volition apt beryllium sorted retired by the little courts.