The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 14 local time again did not issue a ruling on whether President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs are legal. The court posted three rulings on its website on the day, but all involved cases unrelated to tariffs. Reuters reported that the court did not decide the dispute over the legality of Trump’s tariffs.

The Supreme Court announces scheduled decision days in advance but does not say which matters will be decided. A decision day was also set for Jan. 9 and a tariffs ruling was expected, but only one other decision was released. The court issued rulings on Jan. 14 as well, but the tariffs case was not included.

Trump in February last year signed an executive order for a "Fair and Reciprocal Trade Plan" and imposed tariffs on countries with trade surpluses with the United States. He applied reciprocal tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, saying the accumulated trade deficit was a national emergency. Twelve states led by Democratic governors and small U.S. importers filed lawsuits in opposition.

Trial and appellate courts ruled that using IEEPA as a basis to impose tariffs was illegal. In the second half of last year, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said IEEPA does not give the president unlimited taxing authority and sided with the importers. The Trump administration immediately appealed.

The key issue is whether a president can exercise without limit the taxing power that belongs to Congress on the grounds of a security crisis. Trump, who has signed more than 35 tariff-related executive orders, maintains that he will keep the tariff policy regardless of the ruling. Trump is campaigning in public opinion, saying that cancelling reciprocal tariffs would bring disaster to the United States.