Congress's lawmaking power
Wang v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Zhenyu “Bill” Wang, a defendant in a case before the Third Circuit, asks the Supreme Court to decide whether Congress violated the Constitution by failing to limit the executive branch’s expanding use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
- What's at stake
- Wang’s request for Supreme Court review remains unresolved; the Court has not agreed to hear his constitutional challenge.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition is pending and has been distributed for a conference; the Court has not agreed to hear it.
Wang is a defendant in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Question presented
Whether Congress, in failing to legislate in the wake of the executive branch’s increasingly expansionist use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701, et seq . (“IEEPA”), has impermissibly delegated its legislative power in violation of the Constitution’s mandate that “[a]ll legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 1.
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the Court’s September 28, 2026 conference. The next step is a decision on whether to hear it; the conference distribution does not guarantee a decision date.
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Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.