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Supreme lessons on tariffs

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published February 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM EST
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Richard Dollinger with host Evan Dawson on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, February 23, 2026
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President Trump said that the decision by the Supreme Court on his tariffs was a disgrace. Some of the justices who opposed the president were appointed by Trump in his first term.

The justices offered different opinions about why they decided what they did. We take a look at the lessons we can learn from this.

What does it mean for the balance of power? We explore it with our guest:

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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