Can I get my tariff money back now?

The Supreme Court struck down a bunch of President Trump’s tariffs yesterday. The Trump administration originally used an emergency economic powers law to justify the tariffs. And the court said: No! You can’t do that! Bad Trump, bad! This is despite the U.S. having raked in over a hundred billion dollars in import taxes already.<br /><br />On today’s show, unpacking the Supreme Court’s blockbuster tariffs decision. What’s next for tariffs? And … are we getting tariff refunds? Asking for a friend.<br /><br /><strong>Related episodes: </strong><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/11/12/nx-s1-5605545/trumps-backup-options-for-tariffs" target="_blank">Trump's backup options for tariffs</a><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/1243303429/tariffied-we-check-in-on-businesses" target="_blank">Tariffied! We check in on businesses</a><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/1253992700/tariffs-ieepa-trump-legal-emergencies-law" target="_blank">Are Trump's tariffs legal?</a><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/1218506684/worst-tariffs-ever-update" target="_blank">Worst. Tariffs. Ever. </a><br /><br /><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/" target="_blank"><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>.</em> <em>Fact-checking by </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez" target="_blank"><em>Sierra Juarez</em></a><em> and </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/people/nx-s1-63544/vito-emanuel" target="_blank"><em>Vito Emanuel</em></a><em>. Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>TikTok</em></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/" target="_blank"><em>Instagram</em></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney" target="_blank"><em>Facebook</em></a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money" target="_blank"><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>.</em><br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>