Donald Trump has been upset by the decision of the US Supreme Court regarding tariffs and he has again dropped the tariff bomb on the whole world. Trump had earlier announced the imposition of an additional 10 percent reciprocal tariff, but within just 24 hours he increased it to 15 percent. Indian-American lawyer Neel Katyal has raised questions on Trump’s decision.

Donald Trump said through a post on the social media platform Truth Social that America is going to increase the 10 percent tariff imposed on countries around the world to 15 percent with immediate effect. Reiterating his old claim, he said that many countries have been taking advantage of America for decades and this decision related to tariff is a response to that. It also said that the tariff hike is completely within the ambit of the law and it has been investigated.

Earlier, Trump had imposed a tariff of 10 percent after the decision of the Supreme Court, but the very next day on Saturday, he increased the tariff to 15 percent. Regarding this, Indian-American lawyer Neel Katyal has raised many questions on the global tariff.

Seems hard for the President to rely on the 15 percent statute (sec 122) when his DOJ in our case told the Court the opposite: “Nor does [122] have any obvious application here, where the concerns the President identified in declaring an emergency arise from trade deficits, which…

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) February 21, 2026

What did Neel Katyal say?
Neel Katyal posted on He also said that Section 122 has no clear application because the emergency situation cited by Trump is related to trade deficit and Section 122 is for a different situation like Balance-of-Payments Deficit.

‘They should adopt the American way’
He further said that if the President wants to impose global tariffs on a large scale, then he should adopt the American way and go to Congress (US Parliament). Our Constitution also says that if Trump’s ideas regarding tariffs are so good then Congress should not have any problem in accepting them.

Who is Neel Katyal?
He is an Indian-American lawyer. His arguments in the US Supreme Court had defeated Trump in the matter of tariffs. He told the court that the US Parliament has the power to regulate business, but President Trump cannot use this power arbitrarily. He was born in Chicago and is the son of an Indian immigrant family. Katyal is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School.

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Former US Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal has emerged as the face of a historic Supreme Court decision striking down Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. He called Trump’s use of the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy tariffs on every trading partner an unjust and unconstitutional tax.

After the Supreme Court’s decision, Katyal said, “Today the Supreme Court of America stood its ground for the rule of law and for the entire America. The message was simple that the President is powerful, but our Constitution is even more powerful than that. In America, only Congress can tax the American people.”

Traders had filed a case
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of small businessmen and was supported by the Liberty Justice Center. Trump described the trade deficit and fentanyl overdose deaths as a national emergency, calling the tariffs necessary for national security and economic benefit. Katyal described this decision as an important achievement from the constitutional point of view. He said, “The US Supreme Court has fulfilled every demand of ours in our legal case. Everything has been fulfilled.”

He further said, “This case has always been about the presidency, not any one president. I am extremely pleased to see that our Supreme Court, which has been the cornerstone of our government for the last 250 years, is protecting our most fundamental values.”

Who is Neel Katyal?
Born in Chicago to Indian immigrant parents (a doctor and an engineer), Katyal has made his career advocating for important constitutional cases. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School and has clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

After being appointed Acting Solicitor General by President Barack Obama in 2010, Katyal represented the federal government before the US Supreme Court and appellate courts. He has argued more than 50 cases before the Supreme Court, which is a record for minority lawyers.

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