Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump · ¶315

Importantly, the Algonquin plaintiffs acknowledged (as do the plaintiffs and the Court in today's case) that the statutory language “adjust the imports” would allow the President to impose quotas and embargoes on foreign imports. See Brief for Respondents in Algonquin, No. 75–382, pp. 26– 27, and n. 30. So a President could completely block all imports or limit their quantity. But according to the plaintiffs, Congress's “adjust the imports” language precluded the President from exercising the lesser power of imposing monetary exactions such as tariffs.

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