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Delivered crucial relief: Neal Katyal on Supreme Court win over Trump tariffs
"The US Supreme Court gave us everything we asked for in our legal case. Everything,” he said
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Malvika Choudhary - Fri, 20, Feb 2026
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Indian American attorney Neal Katyal welcomed a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump’s tariff plan, calling the decision a decisive affirmation of constitutional limits on presidential power.
The Supreme Court's decision "stood up for the rule of law and Americans everywhere," according to Katyal, who was at the forefront of the challenge to Trump's tariffs. He went on to say that the decision had "delivered crucial relief to tens of thousands of businesses and millions of consumers across the country."
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My statement:
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) February 20, 2026
“Today, the U.S. Supreme Court stood up for the rule of law and Americans everywhere. Its message was simple: Presidents are powerful, but our Constitution is more powerful still. In America, only Congress can impose taxes on the American people.
The US Supreme…
He said the case was not about a single president but about institutional limits. “This case has always been about the presidency, not any one president,” he wrote. “It has always been about separation of powers, and not the politics of the moment.”
“Presidents are powerful, but our Constitution is more powerful still. In America, only Congress can impose taxes on the American people,” he said.
"The US Supreme Court gave us everything we asked for in our legal case. Everything,” he said, adding that he was gratified to see the court protect fundamental constitutional values.
Katyal thanked the Liberty Justice Center for leading the challenge and praised its chair, Sara Albrecht, saying she “led the fight when others wouldn’t” and was “dauntless in its defense of our constitutional order.”
He also expressed gratitude to the five small business owners who brought the case, saying they “stood up against these unjust, unconstitutional taxes.”
Katyal further credited his legal team at Milbank for working “day and night for many months to craft the winning argument.”
The ruling follows a high-profile legal challenge in which Katyal appeared before the Supreme Court in November, contesting President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) to impose sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs on imports from nearly every US trading partner.
Katyal, representing small businesses and other challengers, argued that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose broad tariffs that function as taxes.
The Supreme Court agreed with the challengers, holding that the power to impose taxes and duties rests with Congress and that IEEPA does not provide clear authorization for sweeping, across-the-board tariffs.
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