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/Automatic-Wonder-299 California 1d ago

On One hand, that’s pretty unconstitutional

On the other hand, the constitution has already been shredded at this point, so who care

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u/code_archeologist Georgia 1d ago

This is similar to the Nullification Crisis, when South Carolina declared that tariff created by Adams was unconstitutional, and therefore null and void within the state. Andrew Jackson and the Congress were forced to pass a more reasonable compromise tariff in their place (though some historians mistakenly claim that South Carolina capitulated because of the threat of military action).

I think California has much more leverage to be able to force Trump's hand than South Carolina did in the 19th centruy.