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/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 1d ago

I give it 6 months tops before they start ruling parts of the US Constitution "unconstitutional".

And before the end there will absolutely be a horribly drawn out SCOTUS case about whether trump can serve a 3rd term. And it's not unlikely that they'll delay starting it until Oct 2028 and then say it's too late to make a decision, so trump is allowed to run.

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u/TinFoilBeanieTech 1d ago

I dunno, a lot of the right wing secretly hate Trump but are afraid to stand up to him. Frankly I think they are relieved there will be no 3rd term. Plus, isn't Trump older than Biden when he took office? Trump never was the sharpest Cheeto in the bag, and has been showing signs of steady decline. I wasn't too happy about geriatric Biden, but I can only imagine how bad Trump is going to be in 3.5 years. I wish him many Hamberders before then.