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Kavanaugh in dissent: Bad policy or not, Trump’s tariffs were ‘clearly lawful’

Three conservative justices of the US Supreme Court — Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito — broke with the majority Friday, arguing that President Donald Trump had clear authority to impose his sweeping tariff policy.The three dissenting justices said the president’s tariffs were perfectly legal under the 1970-era law…