Trump to come face-to-face with Supreme Court justices who rejected tariffs at State of the Union

Published February 24, 2026 7:00am ET



President Donald Trump will face the Supreme Court justices who handed him the most significant legal loss of his presidency when he delivers his first formal State of the Union address of his second term on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, striking down the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs that have been a cornerstone of Trump’s economic and foreign relations policy. The president is now set to come face-to-face on Capitol Hill with at least some of the justices who struck down his tariffs, and whom he has criticized following the ruling. Should Trump criticize the ruling or the high court itself to their faces during his address, he would not be the only president to do so.

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