The justices appear to be trying to avoid a direct conflict with the Trump administration while also blocking certain presidential actions.

The Trump administration is scrambling to preserve the president's “Liberation Day” trade agenda after judges at the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a permanent injunction halting dozens of retaliatory tariffs on countries.

The Trump administration said it would ask the US Supreme Court to intervene as soon as Friday if a federal appeals court doesn’t immediately put on hold a decision finding that most of the president’s tariffs are illegal.