Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump · ¶160

How did Congress exercise its all-important tariff power? It debated every detail of the first tariff Act. Stanwood 39– 71. Ultimately, Congress said, imported malt would incur a charge of 10 cents a bushel. Brown sugar one cent. Loaf sugar three cents. And so on. Id., at 59. The first tariff Act was set to last for seven years. Id., at 72. It lasted barely one. Ibid. Soon, Congress was at it again, laying out another exacting schedule of duties. Id., at 75–76. Throughout much of the 19th century, Congress proceeded similarly, enacting highly detailed tariff schedules one after another. See F. Taussig, The Tariff History of the United States 68–170 (8th ed. 1931).

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