India, Feb. 22 -- A ruling by the US Supreme Court striking down sweeping tariffs imposed by Donald Trump has put a proposed $2,000 "tariff dividend" for moderate-income Americans in doubt, removing a key revenue source the administration had cited for the payments.

In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the president claimed "extraordinary power" to impose tariffs of unlimited scope and duration without clear congressional authorization. Given the constitutional and historical limits on executive authority, Roberts wrote, such authority must be explicitly granted by Congress.

Trump promoted the idea of sending Americans dividend-style payments funded by tariff revenue in a November 2025 Truth Social post.

In an inter...