Washington, DC — A majority of Americans want the Supreme Court to rule against President Donald Trump on two major legal disputes involving tariffs and his effort to remove a Federal Reserve official, according to new polling released this week.
The Marquette Law School Supreme Court poll found that 63 percent of respondents want the Supreme Court to restrict the president’s authority to impose tariffs, while 36 percent said the Court should affirm Trump’s power to set tariffs unilaterally. The issue centers on whether a president can rely on national emergency declarations to impose broad trade levies without congressional approval.
The same poll showed similar opposition to Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook. About 64 percent of respondents said they want the case decided in Cook’s favor, compared with 35 percent who supported Trump’s action. The president has argued he has authority to remove Cook based on allegations of mortgage-related misconduct, a claim that has been met with skepticism from the high court.
During oral arguments last year, Supreme Court justices across ideological lines expressed doubts about the use of emergency powers to justify tariffs. Conservative and liberal members of the Court alike questioned whether such declarations stretch presidential authority beyond what Congress intended.
The Marquette poll was conducted Jan. 21–28 among 1,000 adults and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. The findings suggest public resistance to expanding executive power as the Court weighs cases with significant economic and institutional implications.
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