California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

[u/sweatycat]

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414

[u/TinFoilBeanieTech]

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.

[u/jesuisapprenant → u/TinFoilBeanieTech]

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. 

[u/alienbringer → u/jesuisapprenant]

Felons can run for office, they shouldn’t, but nothing in the constitution says they can’t.

Insurrectionists can’t run for office though without congress’s approval. What the Supreme Court said about the 14th is that Congress has to disapprove it not approve it… which is literally counter the words in the text.

14th amendment part relevant:

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

[u/caylem00 → u/alienbringer]

There's 2 reasons: 

1. A remnant of post civil war where the rebels couldn't hold office as they had committed treason technically. 

Most importantly though:

1. To stop politicians having their opponents arrested and charged on bogus charges to prevent them running for/staying in office.