Trump's backup options for tariffs

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  N-P-R.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Stephen Besaha.

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  And I'm Whelan Wong.

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  You know, Stephen,

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  the Supreme Court math is not looking so good for President Donald Trump's favorite tariff law.

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  No, not based on my back of the napkin numbers.

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  And you know,

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  the law behind President Trump's reciprocal tariffs went before the Supreme Court last week.

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  And three of the court's conservative justices had pointed questions for the government.

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  If just two of them joined the liberal justices against the government,

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  well, that's the end of Trump's favorite tariffs.

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  Or is it?

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  At the hearing last week, even the lawyer arguing against the Trump administration,

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  Neil Katyal, said there are other options it could use.

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  I do think if you ruled, as we're suggesting you do, against the government,

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  they can go and try and seek to use other authorities, whether it's 338, section 122, etc.

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  Etc.

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  Etc.

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  On today's show, we dig into, etc.

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