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/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

States setting their own trade agreements is totally unconstitutional, but we haven't been following that for a while now anyway. I'm hoping the whole west coast can form it's own trade coalition.

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u/jesuisapprenant 1d ago

Tariff powers don’t belong to the executive branch, the executive branch cannot defund programs unilaterally without Congressional approval, felons cannot run for office, the list goes on. 

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u/Jimid41 1d ago

Maybe the constitution needed a little bit of rethinking when the only branch of government it gave any bit of agency is the executive. Because nobody is going to stop him.

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u/definitelyTonyStark 1d ago

It was incredibly stupid to give the executive a monopoly on violence. The other branches should have armies to enforce their decisions, maybe even with enforcement from allied forces. Yes, that could be swung 2 branches on 1, yes political forces can corrupt that anyways, I still legitimately think it’s better to enforce a civil war to break the rule of law than to just it carelessly die to neglect.