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/chrismsp 1d ago

Except that pesky clause in Article I that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce, which they promptly ceded to the president. The legal authority he's using is some economic emergency crap.

There are very few 'state's rights' when it comes to interstate commerce.

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u/Gingerstachesupreme 18h ago

Article 1 gives congress power of the purse - yet DOGE can cut jobs and spending as an executive department.

Better yet, creating or altering an executive department requires senate approval (article 2 s2) - yet DOGE exists and wields power.

The constitution is null and void and this point, as they set the precedent to burn it. Might as well have the next dem president use EO to pass through as much extreme progressive agenda as possible.