r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/Bruce-7891 1d ago

I'd love this but it sounds illegal as F. A tariff is a tax and a state can't independently decide it's not going to participate in federal taxes.

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u/jrblockquote 1d ago

The tariffs are illegal as F. We are not in an economic state of emergency. Fake president has no authority to impose those sanctions.

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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 1d ago

I thought the power of the purse belonged to the house.

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u/cigarettesandwhiskey 1d ago

Congress delegated a lot of its powers to the presidency during the cold war, so right now the president does have that authority. Congress would have to repeal the authorization to remove it. Which they could do, pretty easily, but they'd have to want to.