Tariff Ruling Is Cheered by Music Makers Who Fought Levies (1)

Five minutes after the headline hit, the first email from a tight-knit club of guitar-pedal companies came through: “just won the tariff case!”

“Seriously?!?!?!” was the first response. “Apparently so!” was the next. More followed: “IEEPA GONE huge news.” “WOW!!!!” “SO GOOD,” read one, with a rainbow of colors behind each letter. “Woo-hoo!!” “Amazing!!” “OMG! I hope they actually stop it today!”

Those celebrating the US Supreme Court’s decision Friday to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are all part of a group of builders of the small stomp boxes that musicians use for their rock ’n’ ...