President Donald Trump has worked fast in his second term, wielding unilateral power to reassert American dominance in the global economy. For a few hours Wednesday, the world will get clues as to whether any US institution is willing to rein him in.

Trump has predicted dire consequences if the Supreme Court strips his authority to impose tariffs. In August, Solicitor General D. John Sauer and Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate warned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that tariffs must stay in place to prevent a financial disaster.

In times of national emergency, should the Supreme Court dictate America's grand strategy and international economic policies? This question confronts

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers termed President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to implement tariffs as “problematic” as the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in a case challenging the duties.

The Iranian Hostage Crisis began on this day in 1969. As CNN reported last week, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act played a role in President Jimmy Carter’s work to resolve the crisis; he invoked IEEPA to explain why he could use “frozen Iranian assets as a ‘bargaining chip.

On Nov. 5, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about President Donald Trump’s IEEPA tariffs. The IEEPA is the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act. This is the authority Trump cites