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/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

At least SCOTUS has been consistent in deciding what is constitutional: it's whatever Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation want it to be at the moment.

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u/UpperApe 1d ago

I was wondering how long into the Trump presidency until states start considering seceding the union.

I did not have early April on my bingo card.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 1d ago

I don't think cessation is likely, or even possible unless the US is in such chaos that there's no other option.

What were definitely going to see are states telling trump to go fuck himself and negotiating their own trade policy.