Good morning, Chicago. As a March baby, I’m used to winter weather threatening to make my birthday a cold, messy affair. But even if I shiver on my birthday this year, I live in Chicago and not New York, where a Nor’easter just buried residents under more than a foot of snow. I will not complain.

Today in our section, we have an editorial and an op-ed that touch on the recent Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s tariffs — taxes boring in the abstract but painful in their real-world effects. The Tribune Editorial Board has advice for Trump before his State of the Union tonight in light of the court’s rebuke. And the chair of a litigation firm that challenged the tariffs argues that the court’s assertion of the division of powers is a lesson to Chicago. She calls on the city to create a charter and allow for a better check on the mayor’s power.

Also in commentary, our foreign affairs columnist Daniel DePetris throws cold water on the Mexican president’s victory in taking down the leader of a major cartel. And a representative of fossil fuel interests in Illinois writes about why the nation’s energy future will continue to include oil and gas.

Also, don’t miss an editorial that revels in the joy of seeing Team USA trounce Canada to win gold in men’s hockey and one that encourages the mayor to offer up Chicago to FIFA as a backup city for the World Cup.

And be sure to take a gander at our readers’ letters, too.

Thanks for reading. We’ll be back tomorrow.

— Colleen Kujawa, opinion editor

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