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/BODYBUTCHER 1d ago

That’s how I feel about this, I was listening to Rand Paul yesterday give his speech in the senate, which was a very good speech pertaining specifically to the Canada tariffs but applicable to these as well, that the president doesn’t have the authority to implement these tariffs under the emergency order he’s using, and in fact the constitution doesn’t allow the executive to impose tariffs simply because the constitution doesn’t allow congress to delegate away their power like the law says. It could simply be a case that no one brought it before a court to be struct down as unconstitutional

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u/dohrk Oregon 1d ago

We've reached Air Bud levels of thinking already.

Christ this is exhausting.

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u/BODYBUTCHER 1d ago

What other avenues besides congress directly does the American population have to challenge the administration directly?

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u/BoneyNicole Alabama 15h ago

Well, there’s the fourth box of liberty and a whole very pesky amendment that we can use.