A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, saying the president abused his authority under the emergency powers he cited to enact them.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 7-4 that Trump overstepped his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While the court struck down most of Trump’s sweeping tariff regime, it delayed implementation of its order until October 14 to give time for the administration to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.

“We are unpersuaded by the Government’s argument that it is ‘particularly inappropriate to construe narrowly a delegation of power in the arena of foreign affairs and national security,’” the court wrote. “While the President of course has independent constitutional authority in these spheres, the power of the purse (including the power to tax) belongs to Congress.”

“Absent a valid delegation by Congress, the President has no authority to impose taxes. Given these considerations, we conclude Congress, in enacting IEEPA, did not give the President wide-ranging authority to impose tariffs of the nature of the Trafficking and Reciprocal Tariffs simply by the use of the term ‘regulate … importation,’” the ruling states.

The decision sets up the possibility that the United States may have to pay back billions of dollars of duties that have been taken in under Trump’s tariff regime, according to Politico.

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The ruling could nullify sweeping tariffs the president placed on dozens of countries as part of his Liberation Day tariff announcement. It would also rescind tariffs that Trump has unilaterally placed on Canada, China, and Mexico during ongoing negotiations around immigration and drug trafficking.

Trump responded to the ruling in a post on Truth Social, blaming a “Highly Partisan Appeals Court” for an “incorrectly” decided case. The president said that “it would be a total disaster for the Country” if his tariffs were canceled.

“The U.S.A. will no longer tolerate enormous Trade Deficits and unfair Tariffs and Non Tariff Trade Barriers imposed by other Countries, friend or foe, that undermine our Manufacturers, Farmers, and everyone else,” wrote Trump. “If allowed to stand, this Decision would literally destroy the United States of America.”

The appeals court ruling follows a ruling from a federal trade court in May that found similarly that Trump had overstepped his bounds in invoking the IEEPA.

The appeals court ruling noted that never before had the IEEPA been invoked to impose tariffs on imports.

“The invocation of IEEPA to impose tariffs on nearly every country in the world is undoubtedly a significant departure from these previous invocations,” it said, before adding that the lack of precedent is an indication that the president may have overstepped.

A trans-identifying gunman who shot up a Catholic school’s church this week blamed transgenderism, weed, and his mother’s disapproval for his mental illness, according to newly uncovered writings.

Robin Westman, who legally changed his name from Robert in 2020 after he began identifying as female, said the way his mother handled his trangender identity made him want to kill people, according to the New York Post, which translated Westman’s writings from a mixture of Cyrillic characters and English phonetic words. Westman wrote about his transgender identity, weed use, and mother in a journal entry dated July 1.

“Your words, mother, made me stay in my discomfort unable to ask for help to avoid admitting defeat. You were right mama, but the way you handled it led me to wanting to kill so so many people,” Westman wrote.

“When I was first out to my mother, she was VERY antagonistic. She really made me hate myself and think I will never be good enough,” he wrote. “I remember one day, she said something like, ‘In the future you will look back and feel ridiculous about who you feel like you are inside. You will regret this.’”

“Well guess what mom?! I regret being born,” he said.

He blamed transgenderism and constant weed use for severe mental illness, and he expressed regret for his adoption of both.

“Gender and weed f***ed up my head,” Westman wrote. “I wish I never tried experimenting with either. Don’t let your kids smoke weed or change gender until they are like seventeen.”

Westman, 23, targeted the church at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday morning, firing through the church’s windows from a parking lot while students from the school attended mass. Westman killed two students, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moyski, and wounded 18 others. The shooter died after turning his gun on himself.

The gunman left behind numerous writings, videos, and other communications that include deeply troubling and hateful thoughts and intentions. Westman directed strong feelings at Christians, Jews, and President Donald Trump, but also at himself and his transgender identity.

“I only keep [long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” Westman wrote.

“I can’t cut my hair now as it would be [an] embarrassing defeat, and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported,” he added. “It just always gets in my way. I will probably chop it on the day of the attack.”

Westman changed his name from Robert to Robin in 2020 at the age of 17. His mother, Mary Grace Westman, signed the official papers.