Washington, Feb. 22 -- Prominent Indian-American litigator Neal Katyal has raised significant legal questions regarding President Donald Trump's decision to impose a 15 per cent global tariff, pointing to a direct contradiction with previous arguments made by the Department of Justice (DOJ).

In a post on X, Katyal, who recently led a successful legal challenge against the administration's earlier trade policies at the Supreme Court, suggested that the President's reliance on Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 may be legally flawed.

He highlighted that the administration's own legal team had previously distanced itself from that statute.

Katyal quoted the DOJ's earlier statement to the Court, "Nor does [122] have any obvious applicati...