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/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/iambecomesoil 1d ago

Maybe the constitution needed a little bit of rethinking

In the US, the Constitution is a holy document put together by a group of patron saints hovering 6 inches above the constitutional congress chamber floors draped in the glory of God.

To suggest that anything was missed, or anything has materially changed in the intervening CENTURIES, is tantamount of treason and you're lucky we don't give you the Electric Chair.

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u/mouse_8b 1d ago

Same for the Bible

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u/LuxNocte 1d ago

The Constitution is from the Bible, silly.

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u/mouse_8b 1d ago

It makes so much sense! Thank you!