Supreme Court hears oral arguments in major tariff case as Senate votes to nullify global duties

Date: 
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

On November 5, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources v. Trump, the case challenging the administration’s authority to impose broad global tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA). On the morning of the oral arguments, Small Business Majority National Small Business Council member Mike Brey, President of Brey Corp. and Hobby Works in Laurel, M.D., joined Senators Ed Markey (MA), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Ron Wyden (OR), Peter Welch (VT) and Amy Klobuchar (MN) at a press conference to urge the Supreme Court to stand up for small businesses by striking down the tariffs implemented under IEEPA.