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/wankbollox 1d ago

If Texas can ignore the federal government and make its own immigration policy, then I guess California can make its own trade policy. Seems fair. 

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

States setting their own trade agreements is totally unconstitutional, but we haven't been following that for a while now anyway. I'm hoping the whole west coast can form it's own trade coalition.

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u/joshhupp Washington 1d ago

Yeah, we're at the point where anything "Unconstitutional" is up for interpretation because nothing is enforced. The current administration can't even be consistent when it comes to States'rights and federal oversight. Living in WA myself I hope they follow suit.

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u/Fancy_Ad2056 1d ago

I believe the story was that Trump admired Andrew Jackson, back when he had his portrait up in the Oval Office during his first term. Andrew Jackson, famous for saying about the Supreme Court that “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” So that thinking tracks with the way this administration is operating

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u/tomphoolery 1d ago

That remark was made after the court ruled against the forced relocation of the Cherokee, AJ then carried out the genocidal act that is now known as The Trail of Tears when they were marched from the Carolinas to Oklahoma.

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u/taylorbagel14 1d ago

That’s why Trump likes him