<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump"><span>Donald Trump</span></a><span> has lashed out at the US Supreme Court after they </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trumps-made-tariffs-central-to-his-presidency-chaos-may-come-next/b7c9670a-9db1-41e4-9629-80bc06eeae29" rel="" target="" title="ruled his sweeping tariffs to be illegal"><span>ruled his sweeping tariffs to be illegal</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-supreme-court-rules-donald-trump-emergency-tariffs-are-illegal/1ca36da0-2e48-4135-80ae-ff1c3cd6820c" rel="" target="" title="The court ruled 6-3 against the president"><span>The court ruled 6-3 against the president</span></a><span>, deeming his reasoning for the massive tariffs were beyond his authority.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump praised the three judges who voted in his favour, then called the other justices "a disgrace to our nation".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-update-australian-beef-exports-singled-out/ede43fa9-35ca-488b-b465-f93c25a1f879" target="" title="Why Australia won't import American beef"><strong><span>Why Australia won't import American beef</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They're just FOOLS and "LAPDOGS" for the RINOS (Republicans in name only) and Radical Left Democrats and, not that this should have anything to do with it, very unpatriotic, and disloyal to the Constitution," he wrote on Truth Social.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is my opinion that the Court has been swayed by Foreign Interests, and a Political Movement that is far smaller than people would think — But obnoxious, ignorant, and loud!"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two of the justices who voted against the president - Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett - were appointed by him. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-judges-tariff-decision-usa-news-latest-supreme-court/bbbd3c3d-82fc-436a-8654-9cc7e5d26527" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In a press conference, he spoke of his claimed powers as president.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can destroy the trade. I can destroy the country," Trump said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm allowed to impose a foreign destroying embargo, I can embargo, I can do anything I want, but I can't charge $1."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The administration is now left with the major headache of how to refund the $184 billion in tariffs it has already collected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-tariffs-heard-and-mcdonald-islands-uninhabited-antarctica-islands-liberation-day/fecf2af6-03e7-4c9b-af44-17c0f633cec3" rel="" target="" title="Trump places tariffs on uninhabited islands off coast of Antarctica"><strong><span>Trump places tariffs on uninhabited islands off coast of Antarctica</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tariffs are paid by the businesses importing products from overseas, with the increased costs typically passed on to consumers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Already Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has issued an invoice demanding a refund from the government for the tariffs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Your tariff taxes wreaked havoc on farmers, enraged our allies and sent grocery prices through the roof," Pritzker said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This morning, your hand-picked Supreme Court justices notified you that they are also unconstitutional."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Pritzker is considered a likely candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump announced in his press conference he would impose a 10 per cent global tariff under a federal law known as Section 122.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-told-police-in-mid-2000s-everyone-has-known-about-epsteins-misconduct/bac5dfc1-d0d4-4c62-9504-86d8bc92e0b8"><strong><span>Trump told police in mid-2000s 'everyone has known' about Epstein's misconduct</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But such tariffs would be limited to just 150 days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The blow to Trump's policy agenda has been celebrated by Republican senators.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As a matter of policy, the empty merits of sweeping trade wars with America's friends were evident long before today's decision," former Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/six-names-in-epstein-files-redacted--ro-khanna-thomas-massie-usa-news/5dca7843-114e-4188-89da-dbb1f291b6fa"><strong><span>Trump in the unredacted Epstein files 'a million times'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your 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