In the long arc of democratic governance, the tension between executive ambition and judicial constraint rarely resolves quietly. The Trump administration, having collected $165 billion in tariffs before the Supreme Court struck down much of the program, has now returned roughly $100 billion to businesses and importers — a compliance born not of choice but of constitutional obligation. Even as that repayment proceeds, the administration has launched a new round of levies on more than 80 nations, this time sheltered under a forced labor statute, drawing a fresh legal challenge from 25 states wh